tbf, the swords could be extremely variable. I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe’s swords bent after some hard fighting and they had to have their comrades cover them while they tried to straighten them back out to a semi-fight-worthy condition.
Also, while blue paint was Briton, according to Caesar, tattooing and war paint more generally are attested to in literary sources (though not uncontroversially) amongst other Celtic peoples.
I’ve had modern steel spearhead bend during a re-enactment fight because I hit a plate really hard. I just bent it back in shape and continued. So I guess it doesn’t necessarily mean they had bad swords.
tbf, the swords could be extremely variable. I remember one incident wherein a Celtic tribe’s swords bent after some hard fighting and they had to have their comrades cover them while they tried to straighten them back out to a semi-fight-worthy condition.
Also, while blue paint was Briton, according to Caesar, tattooing and war paint more generally are attested to in literary sources (though not uncontroversially) amongst other Celtic peoples.
I’ve had modern steel spearhead bend during a re-enactment fight because I hit a plate really hard. I just bent it back in shape and continued. So I guess it doesn’t necessarily mean they had bad swords.
Right. It’s better to have a sword that bends than one that shatters.
Also, some celts were working iron before the Romans.
Sure, keep telling yourself that instead of admitting you bought from Ea-Nasirs descendants.
(╯°□°)ᕗ EA-NASIR!!!
He cam’t keep getting away with this!
The blue paint was crafted from a plant that only grows/grew? in Britain.
The dye is made from woad. It grows all over Europe and Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isatis_tinctoria
True and its especially common in Valais lets gooooo!!!
How old are you?
You weren’t there?
No, I wasn’t invited.
Oh, sorry. I’ll invite you to the next sword bendening