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doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:



>A more difficult problem arises with (what I always thought
>this was the motivation for excluding hands) polearms. Having
>caught the odd unintended blow to my hand on the (common)
>hockey glove, I don't think hockey gloves alone would
>be enough to prevent serious injury if hands were legal
>(and therefor probably more ofen struck) targets.

>Gauntlets solve this problem for polearms, but also raise
>the minimum cost/effort needed to be a Piker, er, Pikeman.
>Given the need for lots of poles when at war, I think
>this would cause a serious resource problem.

Hmm.  Down Under, hockey gloves are quite expensive.  More and more
people are abandoning them in favour of leather or steel, because it is
cheaper.  I haven't seen a new hockey glove on someone's hand in a long
time.  And lots of folks who do use them for polearms are re-inforcing
them with steel - a couple of easily constructed plates, a couple of
straps, and bingo!

Should cost be cited as a reason to have poor or glaringly inauthentic
armour?  I know that this has been debated ad nauseum, with no solution
in sight, but put me in the "it's more likely laziness than poverty"
camp.

Dennis also mentions that he doesn;t think it is possible to throw a
good wrap with a basket hilt that has "full coverage".  I'm curious as
to what this means.  THat using a basket hilt alone will not give the
coverage?  That it is not possible to throw a wrap with any kind of
protection that fulfills the rules?


Silfren

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