Where is a scabbard placed while riding? (still haven't confirmed entirely… any experts out there?) Can you rise up while riding bareback? (yes you can but use your thighs only. Using your calves gives the horse the wrong signals - including hurry up.) Flail's - I know them for their agricultural uses (used for threshing, to separate grains from their husks) so I was researching them as a weapon. Apparently it was originally used in Germany as a weapon and was a spiked metal bar hinged to a long (two handled weapon) wooden shaft. And this (as quoted from Wiki) is why you would/wouldn't use a … [Read more...]