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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 4071680" data-attributes="member: 1457">Carrying a shield into the wilderness is all kinds of foolish. Look at any army soldier faced with a long trek, and you'll see a guy shedding every bit of spare weight--even going so far as to cut excess length from belts and laces. No survivalist would want to lug around something so heavy, and of such extremely limited use.Same goes for any &quot;great&quot; weapon. Too big, too bulky, too heavy. Two longswords are just as impractical. Longswords hate getting wet, and are really only good for one thing: being a longsword. Much more practical: a spear in one hand (can double as tent pole, walking stick, river stick, quicksand probe, fishing spear/pole, etc etc) and a handaxe in the other (way too many uses to list). Or knife and handaxe. Or machete and spear.&nbsp; It's all about keeping weight and fuss (maintenance) down, and keeping multi-purpose use and practicality up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 4071680, member: 1457"] Carrying a shield into the wilderness is all kinds of foolish. Look at any army soldier faced with a long trek, and you'll see a guy shedding every bit of spare weight--even going so far as to cut excess length from belts and laces. No survivalist would want to lug around something so heavy, and of such extremely limited use. Same goes for any "great" weapon. Too big, too bulky, too heavy. Two longswords are just as impractical. Longswords hate getting wet, and are really only good for one thing: being a longsword. Much more practical: a spear in one hand (can double as tent pole, walking stick, river stick, quicksand probe, fishing spear/pole, etc etc) and a handaxe in the other (way too many uses to list). Or knife and handaxe. Or machete and spear. It's all about keeping weight and fuss (maintenance) down, and keeping multi-purpose use and practicality up. [/QUOTE]

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