tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post4685278439742460266..comments2024-03-19T08:10:10.856-06:00Comments on Dariusz caballeros: Maurice de Saxe & ... mechanical hackamoreDario T. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-17976689170122132112018-02-23T10:42:56.258-07:002018-02-23T10:42:56.258-07:00https://archive.org/details/mesrveries01saxehttps://archive.org/details/mesrveries01saxeDario T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-15552363036027910922012-01-22T12:29:26.849-07:002012-01-22T12:29:26.849-07:00Salve abdul666, thank you for your comment, de Sax...Salve abdul666, thank you for your comment, de Saxe is quite interesting indeed. I hope to get to his Uhlans when I am done with his 'imagined' cavalry.<br /><br />Too bad the wargaming figures did not take off. <br /><br />You are quite right: the Tatars have played great role in Polish military history and hippology.<br />Finally, I compared the Fwacett translation of Mes Reveries with the original and it is not very good nor to my liking, therefore I am providing my own translation (my wife is helping me out, as she knows French better I do :) )Dario T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-62364867240514433492012-01-22T05:27:08.848-07:002012-01-22T05:27:08.848-07:00Indeed Maurice de Saxe get a lot of inspiration, s...Indeed Maurice de Saxe get a lot of inspiration, specially regarding the cavalry, from traditional equipment and weapons in Poland and (Tatar) Lithuania. <br />Well, as you remind us, his father was King of Poland for a little time :)<br />In his <i>Reveries</i> he went even further regarding lightness of bridles and saddle (lack of, almost).<br /><br /><br />Then, he put it in practice only very partly when raising and fitting his <i>Volontaires de Saxe</i> Uhlans: the sheepskin shabraque without pistol holsters, mainly. The lance was light and (relatively) short, and even the mail armor (Pancerni type but without hood, I guess?) was dropped.<br /><br />Great to see the <i><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/reveriesormemoir00saxe" rel="nofollow">Reveries</a></i> brought back to public attention!<br />For some (certainly dramatic) personal reason, a recent attempt to launch a line of <a href="http://strackenz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">wargaming figurines taken from the <i>Reveries</i></a> unfortunately came to a sudden end.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com