Cloak and Baldric

brunians at brunians.org · 17 Feb 2009, 19:25 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:25:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: (urth) Cloak and Baldric
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Sure. He's got a minute or two to take himself apart and get his sword
out. Remember a lot of the time he has taken the gaurd off and is using it
as a staff.

Finally, Severian is not and does not look like someone you'd want to run
into in a dark alley. I don't imagine that too many people casually start
fights with him, even leaving aside that he is some kind of cop.




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> I thought writing "wandering swordsman" might invite that objection.
>
> but, so, you acknowledge that this phenomenon would exist, just that it
> wouldn't really be a problem since the sword is more "cargo" than
> defensive weapon?
>
> ~Witz
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: brunians at brunians.org [mailto:brunians at brunians.org]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 09:35 AM
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>>Subject: Re: (urth) Cloak and Baldric
>>
>>Sev's not a duellist, he's not wandering around striking on the draw and
>>such.
>>
>>If he was a duellist he surely would not have that kind of sword.
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>>
>>
>>> No, it's not a new subgenre, it's a costuming question.
>>>
>>> So, Severian's got this huge sword on a baldric, slung over his (left)
>>> shoulder most of the time. Too big to hang from a sword belt.
>>>
>>> But how does that work with a cloak? It would have to be worn OVER the
>>> cloak, but, unless the cloak was pushed back over the shoulders, the
>>> baldric would essentially trap his arms in by holding the cloak tight
>>> around his torso.
>>> It seems he could have one side free, at least, but the other would be
>>> constricted.
>>>
>>> Or am I completely wrong? Am I mistaken, or is this not really much of
>>> a
>>> problem for a wandering swordsman?
>>>
>>> Are any of you guys Ren Fair or Historic Recreation types?
>>> any insight here?
>>>
>>> I ask because I was drawing Severian, and this suddenly struck me as a
>>> real problem.
>>>
>>> /Devil in the details
>>>
>>> ~Witz
>>>
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