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Title: Disappointing
Review: This is like a history channel documentary, with deep narration trying for "reclaiming" drama. Some of it was interesting and I liked seeing all the different researchers and re-creators playing with swords, which they were very insistent on calling 'European Martial Arts' -- I guess in contrast to Asian martial arts. I try to avoid cultural stereotypes in any case.But my husband pointed out that in saying that The Blade was lost, they totally ignored all the cavalry sabers and rifle bayonets. I was also a bit miffed that this documentary didn't give enough credit to the SCA people who did a ton of original source research back in the early 1970s.The extended edition might be better, or it might just be longer, I can't tell.Reclaiming the Blade (2-disc Special Edition)
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