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How good would the average pirate have been as a swordsman? What about as a shot?

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I'm a 15th-century man-at-arms, and I've just finished a day's fighting. I know I'm going to fight again tomorrow. What, if any, overnight maintenance do I do with my equipment?

206 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What were relations like between the Umayyads in Iberia and the Basques?

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What is the earliest instance of a folding pocket knife as we would recognize it today?

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Time Is Running Out to Prepare the Grid for Electric Truck Fleets

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China to Start Setting Hard Targets for Cutting Carbon Emissions

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How did the modern analog clock layout come to be standardized?

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Why were so many notable early blues musicians blind?

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How would a scholar in Imperial China have classified animals, especially non-domesticated ones? Did they have a concept of systematics/phylogeny?

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I'm currently listening to the Cast Recording for the musical 'Hamilton'. What historical liberties does it take that I should be aware of?

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How good would the average pirate have been as a swordsman? What about as a shot?	275	AskHistorians
I'm a 15th-century man-at-arms, and I've just finished a day's fighting. I know I'm going to fight again tomorrow. What, if any, overnight maintenance do I do with my equipment?	206	AskHistorians
What were relations like between the Umayyads in Iberia and the Basques?	119	AskHistorians
What is the earliest instance of a folding pocket knife as we would recognize it today?	57	AskHistorians
Time Is Running Out to Prepare the Grid for Electric Truck Fleets	49	energy
China to Start Setting Hard Targets for Cutting Carbon Emissions	45	worldnews
How did the modern analog clock layout come to be standardized?	41	AskHistorians
Why were so many notable early blues musicians blind?	36	AskHistorians
How would a scholar in Imperial China have classified animals, especially non-domesticated ones? Did they have a concept of systematics/phylogeny?	29	AskHistorians
I'm currently listening to the Cast Recording for the musical 'Hamilton'. What historical liberties does it take that I should be aware of?	27	AskHistorians