Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 122 | This may View more quotes about prove">prove an important wisdom in a perilous situation. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 119 | "Two might accompany you," said one of them, "one with a lantern". |
| 25 | 120 | I slipped the blade free from the sheath. |
| 25 | 121 | The shoulder belt, if over one's shoulder, may be instantly discarded. |
| 25 | 122 | This may prove an important wisdom in a perilous situation. |
| 25 | 123 | A scabbard, hooked to a buckled waist belt, or slung across the body, might be seized in combat, discommoding its wearer, perhaps pulling him off balance, or into the blade of a waiting knife. |
| 25 | 124 | But the belt on the shoulder is easily shed. |
| 25 | 125 | If one is in a territory thought safe, of course, the scabbard belt is not unoften slung across the body, looped from the right shoulder to the left hip, if the swordsman is right-handed, and, naturally enough, looped from the left shoulder to the right hip, if the swordsman is left-handed. |
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"Two might accompany you," said one of them, "one with a lantern".
I slipped the blade free from the sheath.
The shoulder belt, if over one's shoulder, may be instantly discarded.
This may prove an important wisdom in a perilous situation.
A scabbard, hooked to a buckled waist belt, or slung across the body, might be seized in combat, discommoding its wearer, perhaps pulling him off balance, or into the blade of a waiting knife.
But the belt on the shoulder is easily shed.
If one is in a territory thought safe, of course, the scabbard belt is not unoften slung across the body, looped from the right shoulder to the left hip, if the swordsman is right-handed, and, naturally enough, looped from the left shoulder to the right hip, if the swordsman is left-handed.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)