Swords
In order from top to bottom:
1. Thrusting Sword, German ca. 1550, pommel and quillon with burled decor.
2. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1520, with blade inscription and crucifix.
3. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1530, flower-bud shaped pommel and quillon ends, the blade with smith’s markings of JOHANNES HOPPE, Solingen.
4. Battle Sword, German ca. 1600, the blade with imperial orb marks.
5. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1580, the blade with smith’s marks
Source: Image and description Copyright Fricker Historical Weapons
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i have shown this photo to a bunch of kids at school asking them not to smile…everyone including the guys have smiled.
GOD I LOVE THIS PICTURE
FUCK HE IS SO GODDAMN CUTE
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This is the time for poetry: All the changes in life draw poetry from us, those of us who are in touch with it. It’s direct even sometimes when you have to turn it upside down to understand it. There’s still something embedded in it that directness [that leads] to the heart. Especially in times of revolution and times of great upheaval and change. And it just does that naturally. You don’t have to play around wondering when it’s going to come. It moves the people. It’s just right there.
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Benedict Cumberbatch, outtakes from the Observer photosoot. Part2/2
Part1/2 here.
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Writer. Reader. Editor. Scholar. Linguist. Lit geek. Equestrienne. Figure Skater. Photographer. Perpetually exhausted uni student. A study in contrasts. No, seriously.I'm a student of forensic psychology, but English is my first love. My interests are widespread and don't always relate to each other--even to me, more often than not--but this blog is at least relatively indicative of where those interests fall.
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The one with Cooper's proposal
(Explanation of several AtAB posts, including this one)
Cooper...
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my two favorite men in the world… neil patrick harris & matt bomer. omg<3
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stopthinkfeel asked: How do you get over the fear of failing? I've always wanted to be a writer, but I have never really started anything with substance because I'm afraid of writing something that won't work or that I'll look back on with shame because it didn't amount to everything I always hoped my work would be. I know that this will probably evoke the, "just write" respose, but I guess I just wondered if every artist hesitates to create for fear that they'll make shit instead of beauty, or if I'm just a coward.
Yes, it happens for all of us.
No, your work will probably never be as good in reality, for you,...
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