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Today I'm going to focus on a neglected sword of history. It is also one that has recently been added to my collection. This is not the glamorous Excalibur or a cruciform hilted crusader sword. The falchion was a true workhorse of the battlefield. It was carried by everyone from the common foot soldier to mounted knights.
For as long as there has been civilization there has been war. With the advent of the Iron age, the most iconic weapon of all time truly came into its own. The sword was truly born. Although it has its ancestry in the weapons of the stone and bronze ages, the technology of iron and steel allowed the creation of a durable, long and sharp blade. My own interest in swords and swordplay has gone through a similar evolutionary process. This interest started when most great interests start, in childhood.
With Elise flying the coop next week to go to England, I've decided to switch focus here next week and talk about swords. So stay tuned for all the sword coverage you can handle! There is something beautiful about them, but we'll talk about that later. Let's get started in Friday fashion with bad things that happen with swords! Don't try this at home! I speak from experience!
I had a double header this weekend that left me tired and sleepy on a Sunday night. That is usually a good sign. I had adventures in gluttony and had my stage debut! Soon I will be famous!
Sometimes everything is great. You wake up full of energy and go off to work to solve world hunger or bring peace to the moonemen. Other times you spend your entire week in seemingly pointless meetings about requirements documents and server migration plans. These weeks are a real drag. They make you feel like a dredging rake at a sewage treatment plant. In these cases, there is only one cure. Interweb videos. Let's keep this short, on with the moving pictures.
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