http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/klingon-bandit/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4452 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/klingon-bandit/comment-page-1/#comment-235984 Joe Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:52:17 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=11552#comment-235984 Well as someone with years of fencing experience I'd have to say I've always thought it a clumsy looking weapon and certainly not my idea of a sword, imagine from the way it is held and swung it would be very simple to step inside the guard and lunge at the weilder. Well as someone with years of fencing experience I’d have to say I’ve always thought it a clumsy looking weapon and certainly not my idea of a sword, imagine from the way it is held and swung it would be very simple to step inside the guard and lunge at the weilder.

]]> http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/klingon-bandit/comment-page-1/#comment-235983 Pádraig Ó Méalóid Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:47:17 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=11552#comment-235983 I have a friend who works with weapons, doing ceremonial displays with swords and such like things, and he says that the Bat'leth is actually pretty much impossible to fight with. You need to keep changing your grip on it, which would easily allow your opponent time to stick something sharp into you. I have a friend who works with weapons, doing ceremonial displays with swords and such like things, and he says that the Bat’leth is actually pretty much impossible to fight with. You need to keep changing your grip on it, which would easily allow your opponent time to stick something sharp into you.

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