Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 11 | His thinking here was that such a View more quotes about strap">strap might wrench him in the saddle, possibly breaking his back, if the weapon became anchored in a shield or body. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 8 | His reliance on the crossbow was more a concession to the difficulty of closure in the sky than a respect for its military potential. |
| 17 | 9 | His preference was to bring the combatant birds together, to the point at which, across the saddle, his spear might come into play. |
| 17 | 10 | Seldom, even, did he have a spear strap, to better secure the weapon. |
| 17 | 11 | His thinking here was that such a strap might wrench him in the saddle, possibly breaking his back, if the weapon became anchored in a shield or body. |
| 17 | 12 | The temwood lance, on the other hand, light, lengthy, and supple, handled more easily than the heavier weapon, and had a farther reach. |
| 17 | 13 | Too, the narrowness of its blade, in the Tuchuk fashion, unlike the broader blade of the common war spear, was designed to minimize the danger of its anchoring in either a shield or body. |
| 17 | 14 | To be sure, the major value of the lance, as I saw it, would be in fencing away enemy birds, or, in a low, swooping flight, attacking ground troops or tharlarion riders. |
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His reliance on the crossbow was more a concession to the difficulty of closure in the sky than a respect for its military potential.
His preference was to bring the combatant birds together, to the point at which, across the saddle, his spear might come into play.
Seldom, even, did he have a spear strap, to better secure the weapon.
His thinking here was that such a strap might wrench him in the saddle, possibly breaking his back, if the weapon became anchored in a shield or body.
The temwood lance, on the other hand, light, lengthy, and supple, handled more easily than the heavier weapon, and had a farther reach.
Too, the narrowness of its blade, in the Tuchuk fashion, unlike the broader blade of the common war spear, was designed to minimize the danger of its anchoring in either a shield or body.
To be sure, the major value of the lance, as I saw it, would be in fencing away enemy birds, or, in a low, swooping flight, attacking ground troops or tharlarion riders.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)