American Primeval, which drops on Netflix on January 9, is hearkening back to the visual aesthetic of The Revenant. Which is to say, chilly and bleak. I don’t mean this as a negative — I loved The Revenant as a historical Mountain man fantasy based on the Hugh Glass saga.
Note that Taylor Kitsch’s character Issac bears some resemblance to Tom Hardy’s Fitzpatrick…
To me, Betty Gilpin’s Sarah looks like the archetypal pioneer woman. Like every “good woman” in a Louis L’Amour novel.
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I don’t go out afoot without a walking stick. Even when there’s a rifle in hand, there’s a walking stick in the other — a nice piece of hickory. I just like the rhythm of striding out with a stick — but generations of travelers can attest that a walking stick — or better yet a stout staff — makes a helluva good weapon in a pinch.
Tom Langhorne, Frontier Partisans’ favorite Highlander (apologies to Jamie Fraser), is quite the advocate for a Good Stick. He just dropped a nice video with some training exercises…
And here’s some 18th Century self-defense based on French “Great Stick” technique.
Padre says
I love my carbon fiber trekking poles when I’m hiking and hunting. But they sure wouldn’t deliver as solid a connection or correction as a solid wooden staff!
JimC says
Hah! But man, they’re fast!
Quixotic Mainer says
If I’m not encumbered with a fishing pole or long gun, I don’t go out without a stick either! On long treks I’ll take both, and pack my fly rod.
I’ve had the great fortune to be able to fight sparring opponents with a padded staff in my FMA/fencing ventures. I would take it ahead of all but very long blades or projectile weapons, due to reach,versatility and oomph.
JimC says
Totally agree — my own sparring showed that bringing a staff to a knife fight is a damn good idea.
Quixotic Mainer says
Nothin’ like a nice piece of hickory!
lane batot says
I prefer to have a knife on the end of my stick–it’s called a spear!
JimC says
It is known…
Kobus van Coppenhagen says
I have a 2m long Acacia wood ‘staff’, made from the root (which can be bent). Pretty useful for handling a black spitting cobra or to ‘hook’ a sheep or goat taking the wrong direction. Obviously one could also keep an offender at bay if the need should arise.
JimC says
I am not surprised to see that there are a number of staff-wielders around this campfire.
Kobus van Coppenhagen says
Compliments of the season to all and please fix my spelling mistake; it is a spitting cobra ..
JimC says
Back at ya.
Geometry Dash Lite says
I once learned that my father’s older sister, who is also our family historian and a DAR member, owned two scalps that had been stolen by our forefathers in Ohio or Pennsylvania. I never saw them in person because she passed away in 1969, and I have no idea what became of them.
Glenn Lloyd says
great
sassacsrd.co.za says
I am not surprised to see that there are a number of staff-wielders around this campfire.