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To: RedStateRocker

The halberd was developed specifically to take out a knight in shining armor.


108 posted on 09/15/2006 9:34:45 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: null and void
They seem to be pretty versatile weapons, though. you have the functions of a spear (great for onrushing calvary, armored or not) a scythe like blade and strabbing blade; at least on the ones I got to try at a ren fair.
111 posted on 09/15/2006 9:41:40 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA)
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To: null and void; RedStateRocker

Exactly. Think of it as a sort of late-medieval can opener.


145 posted on 09/15/2006 4:08:15 PM PDT by Tenniel (Never explain. Your friends don’t need it, and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. – E. Hubbard)
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