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Thanks a lot!

I also found a picture of a welsh hook posted by Paul Wagner on the swordforum.
http://www.gameforums.ru/journals/87450_welsh%20hook%20small.jpg

Those polearms are known among our reenactors as "nightmares on the shaft" due to a great variety of forms and ...

In the "Paradoxes of defence" by George Silver (1599) there is wide variety of polearms mentioned. It's difficult to find any pictures or descriptions of some of them. Does anyone know anything about appearance of these specimens and difference between them?

Black bill and Forest bill
Half-pike ...

Thanks a lot for your anwers.

2Randall Pleasant: Yes, I was impressed by "Coup d'Groin" video too... <img src="/forum/images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" />

2Jeffrey Hull: It seems to me, that face protection of these helmets have too large cells... Will stop a puck, but not a point. Fencing ...

Greetings.

I have watched some fighting movies from your site. Would you answer some questions about protective equipment you use when fighting with blunt, but non-flexible steel weapons?

First, are fencing masks used in fights the standart sport fencing masks? Does it offer sufficient ...