On 08/05/2011 11:56 PM, Jeffrey Hamilton wrote:
William Black wrote:
On 08/04/2011 07:40 PM, Jeffrey Hamilton wrote:
William Black wrote:
On 08/04/2011 07:51 AM, Jeffrey Hamilton wrote:

You however William, should make sure you've loaded your black
powder weapons, sharpened your edged weapons and made sure you both
refletched your arrows and keep your bow strings dry, you never
know when you'll need them. I wouldn't want to be an alien beating
on your door.

If, God forbid, I went bonkers I wouldn't be a threat to the local
police, never mind a tentacle waving horror from another world.

And I gave up serious archery half a decade ago.

I'm far too old to risk my back doing that these days.

LoL, Oh well then, maybe your staff, or possibly your Indian
fighting stick.

Never done the Indian staff fighting thing, although I've watched teh
Bombay Police at lathi drill a couple of times.

Lethal looking stuff.

You posted a .pdf site some time ago, it was a fascinating read. I always
pay more attention now whenever I see any news item from India, be it on
YouTube or television, just to see if any of the policemen are swinging
those around for crowd control.

The Bombay Police are getting all high tech these days, they've shifted
from their bamboo, brass tipped lathis to nice new white fibre glass
ones that are probably less liable to break but don't look anything like
as pretty.


--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of
Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat
single handed with a quarterstaff.