and that reminds me of this:
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[quote=âMedievalist, post:57, topic:55642â]
Hooky weapons - scythes, bills, warhammers, lochaber axes, etc. - are great for pulling armored cavalry off their horsesâŚ
[/quote]In addition to unchivalrously ducking and hacking at the horse legs.
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I like how he flexes at the beginning. As if being buff will somehow prevent him from getting his leg chopped off.
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Why is there a UK National Scythe Champion in the first place?
I may be the only person on this thread who knows exactly what youâre referring to: both Arloâs parody, and the original sea shanty. Thanks for the reminder!
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Not yesterday, I was talking to someone with a child who is an arborist, and we immediately got onto the subject of the âwoodsmanâ competitions with a lot of dudes using axes and super-tuned chainsaws to chop, halve, float, and/or mangle giant pieces of wood, in addition to racing up and down what I would assume are 100ft+ trees. See also, Wood Chopping (Wikipedia).
I find it hard to believe that any arborist would spend their free time engaging in woodsman competitions!
Because scythe matters. Duh.
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In my defense, I brought it up because I recall seeing those weekend competitions on TV and wondering if people really still needed to be able to run up a 100ft [limbless] tree and then get back down to the ground in minutes, but I really thought the monster chainsaws tuned like racecars were the bees knees!
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Thats what she said.
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