Re: pic - sword
From Lester5374 <les...@aol.com.Tony.C.>
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>Subject: Re: pic - sword >From: CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> >Date: 3/17/99 1:19 PM Eastern Standard Time >Message-id: <$Z864FAzI$72E...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> > >Lester5374 <les...@aol.com.Tony.C.?> writes >>>Subject: Re: pic - sword >> >> I dig axes, those are cool. I saw this one axe in a Highlander TV show >>that was a one-sided blade on a long black handle, really cool-looking, you >>don't happen to know what those are called? Tallarms? Longarms? >>-- >> .-~~-. >> (_^..^_) >>Lester||||AMC > >[][ hi ... i think i know what you mean ... like this ? > > > /^\ > /^\ / | \ > / \ \ ) | ( > / \ \ ) | ( > _.-`: \ / / _.-`: ) | ( > ,` : ) ( ,` : ) | ( > ,` \, | | ,/\ ,` : ) ( /\ > / `-...-` \ / \, ) ( ,/\\ > : /> '. : `-...-` \'. > | </ `-._ | </ ___`-._ > | /> .-'` | /> .-'` > : </ .' : ,-"""-, /.' > \ ,-"""-, / \ /' | | '\// > `. /' | | '\/ `. : | | \/ > `._ ; | | `._ : | | > `-.: | | `-.: | | > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | >pike - 6ft-8ft pole or spear with 18ins-2ft span axe-blade, >definitely 'tallarms' .. ideal for dealing with horsemen. >can still be seen in use today by Yeomen-of-the-Guard >(infantry) at the 'Bloody' Tower of London - England >16mar99 > > > > /`\ > |:_`-._ _____ > |:_ `'-..__ _| | > |:_ ``'''---'''``:`-...-`\ > |:_ _: .'. : > |:_ _: . ' . | > |:_ _: ' . ' | > |:_ _; '.' : > |:_ __,,...---...,,;,-"""-,/ > |:_ _,.-"" | | > |: .-' | | > \_/ | | > | | > | | >medieval | | >axe-head - 9ins span blade on 4ft pole | | >used by the French against the English | | >with devastating effect at | | >the Battle of Hastings in 1066 | | >16mar99 Wow, those are great too. -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *Visit my web page ANSI/ASCII/Fonts* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,78b0d75fbae4473a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: les...@aol.com.Tony.C. (Lester5374) Subject: Re: pic - sword Date: 1999/03/19 Message-ID: <199...@ng115.aol.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 456612152 References: <$Z864FAzI$72E...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art X-Admin: new...@aol.com
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