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I'm new here and just wanted to say hi. As a note, if any of you don't get the name a lochaber axe is a Scottish pole weapon in the pole cleaver family. Heh... im a medieval weapons ethusiast. Not goth though... just wanted to make that clear. I AM NOT GOTH!

Guess I'll be the first. Welcome to CAA! ^_^

Nice to see you! Have a great time!

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Howdy and welcome!

I've always found the lochaber to be a bit heavy. It's great for ranged attack and heavy damage, but you just can't use it in close combat.

Anyway, welcome to the nuthouse!

Well the lochaber was used primarily like any spear type weapon (definitely if it had a hook customized on the other side) as a dehorsing weapon for knights or as a phalanx manuever as in like the more commonly used pike. Your right that it wouldn't be any good against foot soldiers.

Well the lochaber was used primarily like any spear type weapon (definitely if it had a hook customized on the other side) as a dehorsing weapon for knights or as a phalanx manuever as in like the more commonly used pike. Your right that it wouldn't be any good against foot soldiers.

ah man it copied my earlier post. Note to self do not click retry.

Actually I planned to ask you oldphilosopher, you actually have a lochaber? Or was this in a game that you are talking about? If you do have one Id like to have a pic of it if you wouldn't mind.

I don't have a weapons collection right now because I am broke.

Lochaber Axe wrote:Well the lochaber was used primarily like any spear type weapon (definitely if it had a hook customized on the other side) as a dehorsing weapon for knights or as a phalanx manuever as in like the more commonly used pike. Your right that it wouldn't be any good against foot soldiers.

Very good! I'll answer a few questions, make a few points here. My father is a history teacher, and 'war technology' is my pirmary hobby, despite what most of the geeks around here will tell you. Anyway, no, I don't have one, but I'd LOVE to train with one. The closest I've gotten is a friend that let me train for a very brief period with his naginata. I did some boku on my own, but my only real professional training is with firearms (P, R, H), regular arms (unarmed combat), and long knives.

You are correct, the hook made it the ultimate weapon (on the ISLE anyway) against any horsed attack. The problem is that when the romans came, they weren't all that impressed with the knights. They figured out how to use pole arms and WOMPED the natives. Though to the credit (or is it detriment...) of your name sake, the Romans never really made it all the way into the highlands. Bottom line, "Ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

Thats why the Romans built Hadrians wall.

LOL! Yeah, it was ALMOST as effective (from an enginering point of view) as the (not-so)-Great Wall of China!

The Great wall might have worked if it stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean.

With the emergence of cannons, no wall could hold their own. Just take for instance Constantinople. I always sympathize with the Byzantines and thats why I get angry everytime I read about 1492 and the current idiocy in Iraq today.

Its best to stop talking about politics right now before it gets to far.

Hi, welcome to CAA! I thought that was an interesting discussion.

Spiritsword

hey welcome hope you like it here