My lance doesn't fit in the sheath!

[Mirth]

Me casts summon hong...

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

To a certain extent it probably varies based on the model and use of the lance. Tournament lances are a lot heavier than regular styles and designed to splinter where more pragmatic models were probably better designed for reuse and repositioning. And lord knows if a Dragonlance is at all weildable outside of a harness.

The battle of hastings featured several charges and there are plenty of depictions of lances being thrown during those charges on the bayeux tapestry.

Mostly I would guess that it would be like any other spear. You'd just hold it somewhat awkwardly for long periods of time when you are in full battle dress.

I don't imagine people carried lances around except when they were just on the edge of all out battle. All the rest of the time they would have been stowed.

Probably the biggest reason swords became so popular is that they are far more convenient to carry.

 

[CombatWombat51]

Ah ha! "Lance bucket"... that's what I was hoping for. See, I read some fantasy book some time ago by someone I don't remember, but I did remember the mention of the lance bucket. I was about 13 and DMing a 1e campaign, and a player wanted to know where to put his lance, and that wonderful bucket sprung to mind. Very useful for keeping the evil "I don't know" words out of my DM vocabulary. I just realized that I still considered the lance bucket to be fact, but that I was basing it on that fantasy book. Thank you kindly for assuring me that I wasn't going around bragging about nonexistant buckets

 

[Mark]

I don't believe an lance cup/bucket was designed to hold the lance all on its own. I believe it still required the knight to steady it/hold on to it, but was there to take the weight of the lance when not in use and avoid the arm from tiring.

 

[Angcuru]

but could you buy a battery operated lance?

*ducks under table*

 

[LGodamus]

Angcuru you are too young to even be speaking of battery operated lances........

 

[Angcuru]

Angcuru you are too young to even be speaking of battery operated lances........

I don't know what you're talking about, kind sir.
I was inquiring as to whether a knight could purchase a lance that could attack with its own power, not relying on the knight.

 

[ajanders]

Related question

At the risk of making this a civilized discussion, what is the equivalent of a sheath for a heavy flail...or, I suppose, a light flail?
I could see a light flail getting a belt ring of some sort, but a heavy flail seems like it would need to be slung or stored on the back somehow.
Can someone end my confusion?

 

[barsoomcore]

I've been trying to resist this one, but it's no use.

Poleturners.

That's not even a straight line. It takes all the fun out of double entendre.

Poleturners. And their less bulky equipment.

 

[Angcuru]

At the risk of making this a civilized discussion, what is the equivalent of a sheath for a heavy flail...or, I suppose, a light flail?
I could see a light flail getting a belt ring of some sort, but a heavy flail seems like it would need to be slung or stored on the back somehow.
Can someone end my confusion?

Well, maces were hung from a belt hook called a fraug, so maybe flails used a similar thingy.