Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 26 | 70 | Their weight and View more quotes about length">length is designed to achieve a desiderated optimum. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 26 | 67 | I struck out at the fellow on my left and a segment, cleaved, flew from his shield. |
| 26 | 68 | Wide-eyed, he, too, withdrew. |
| 26 | 69 | Such blades, of course, are infantry weapons. |
| 26 | 70 | Their weight and length is designed to achieve a desiderated optimum. |
| 26 | 71 | They are heavy enough to have considerable striking force in saberlike trajectories and light enough to have something of the swiftness and play of the foil. |
| 26 | 72 | They are long enough to outreach a dagger-armed opponent and short enough, and maneuverable enough, to work their way, beating and thrusting, behind the guard of longer, heavier weapons. |
| 26 | 73 | They are not, however, a good weapon for use from either the back of a kaiila or a tarn. |
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I struck out at the fellow on my left and a segment, cleaved, flew from his shield.
Wide-eyed, he, too, withdrew.
Such blades, of course, are infantry weapons.
Their weight and length is designed to achieve a desiderated optimum.
They are heavy enough to have considerable striking force in saberlike trajectories and light enough to have something of the swiftness and play of the foil.
They are long enough to outreach a dagger-armed opponent and short enough, and maneuverable enough, to work their way, beating and thrusting, behind the guard of longer, heavier weapons.
They are not, however, a good weapon for use from either the back of a kaiila or a tarn.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)