Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 79 | Too, it was also more secure, View more quotes about given">given the wrist strap. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 76 | Indeed, I would soon learn numerous items of unusual value were stored in the warmth of certain of the sheds at the plaza of training. |
| 14 | 77 | The average Gorean spear is some seven feet in length, with a socketed bronze blade some fourteen to eighteen inches in length. |
| 14 | 78 | It is a formidable weapon on the ground, but, on tarnback, in resisting an aerial tarn attack, I thought that the light, slender temwood lance, favored by the Tuchuks, would be more formidable, being quicker, with its lightness, and longer, as well, giving the advantage of a greater reach. |
| 14 | 79 | Too, it was also more secure, given the wrist strap. |
| 14 | 80 | Obviously, to lose a lance from kaiilaback is a serious matter. |
| 14 | 81 | One cannot not well, in the midst of battle, dismount and retrieve it. |
| 14 | 82 | And, of course, if one is aflight, a lost lance is highly unlikely to be recovered. |
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Indeed, I would soon learn numerous items of unusual value were stored in the warmth of certain of the sheds at the plaza of training.
The average Gorean spear is some seven feet in length, with a socketed bronze blade some fourteen to eighteen inches in length.
It is a formidable weapon on the ground, but, on tarnback, in resisting an aerial tarn attack, I thought that the light, slender temwood lance, favored by the Tuchuks, would be more formidable, being quicker, with its lightness, and longer, as well, giving the advantage of a greater reach.
Too, it was also more secure, given the wrist strap.
Obviously, to lose a lance from kaiilaback is a serious matter.
One cannot not well, in the midst of battle, dismount and retrieve it.
And, of course, if one is aflight, a lost lance is highly unlikely to be recovered.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)