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Different cultures, different focus.
You see very few actual "battle axes" as the west would use the term, used in combat either---oh they had them,and some used them....but not like the numbers in the West.
Mongols were not known for their shield use, nor the Huns..again, they had them, just not as focused on them as say the Romans etc.
And your right, even some of the later dueling systems used bucklers---but they stopped using them as well...why do you think they evetually stopped?
Chris Thomas
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