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  • in what looks like an opening scene from Casualty, I decided to learn what I could about weapons from battle re enactor.

  • Join lines.

  • You must get a lot of bad stuff.

  • Yeah, a lot of Robert Bruce stuff we like to do.

  • The ones we win, wasn't it was a big win for Scotland.

  • Wasn't.

  • And famously, he fought in single combat with someone the day before the main about English nobleman Henri de Bone charged at the king.

  • Robert Bruce waited to accept the charge of Henry double on When he got close, he saved, stepped him, stood up in his steps and small turned down with his battle axe.

  • Allegedly cutting all the way through his helmet, his skull.

  • And is colorable a good start on it?

  • It was a good woman.

  • Could we have a look at some of the swords and some of the weapons?

  • Yet we've got our broad swords here, so I actually have Ah, This is a hand and 1/2 sword to the hanging half.

  • So that's what they used to call the bastard.

  • So there's no, it's halfway between a broad sword dinner.

  • A short song?

  • Yeah, it's actually got a longer blade.

  • A footman sword, maybe as much as 12 inches shorter.

  • Every part of it is for killing people.

  • This bit's the formal.

  • You hold this hand up and then we're gonna smash somebody.

  • Sculling today comes from the other piece here that quickly.

  • If you were to Slade, your blade, My blade.

  • This would protect my hand.

  • And however, if I was to punch up like this against your chest under your helmet, this would come into your throat here and very messy.

  • Very hard to be lots of blood.

  • That's the murder punch.

  • Horrible fate is not the punch.

  • You have a good night.

in what looks like an opening scene from Casualty, I decided to learn what I could about weapons from battle re enactor.

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