Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 48 | The View more quotes about tuchuks">Tuchuks, for example, use the temwood lance, which is long, light, tough, and supple. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 45 | On tarnback, naturally, there is little call for it. |
| 14 | 46 | Similarly, the saber, which might be used with some efficacy from, say, horseback is of little use from either kaiilaback or tarnback. |
| 14 | 47 | The kaiila, a lofty, silken beast, stands too high at the shoulder to warrant a saber. |
| 14 | 48 | The Tuchuks, for example, use the temwood lance, which is long, light, tough, and supple. |
| 14 | 49 | It has no difficulty in engaging an opponent on foot. |
| 14 | 50 | The Tuchuks also use the quiva, or saddle knife, which is balanced for throwing. |
| 14 | 51 | I thought we might substitute for the quiva the Anangan dart, a weighted, metal dart, some eighteen inches in length, which is flung overhand and, because of its fins, requires less skill than the quiva. |
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On tarnback, naturally, there is little call for it.
Similarly, the saber, which might be used with some efficacy from, say, horseback is of little use from either kaiilaback or tarnback.
The kaiila, a lofty, silken beast, stands too high at the shoulder to warrant a saber.
The Tuchuks, for example, use the temwood lance, which is long, light, tough, and supple.
It has no difficulty in engaging an opponent on foot.
The Tuchuks also use the quiva, or saddle knife, which is balanced for throwing.
I thought we might substitute for the quiva the Anangan dart, a weighted, metal dart, some eighteen inches in length, which is flung overhand and, because of its fins, requires less skill than the quiva.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)