Pike Postures - Order sp

This is the basic rest posture that you would use when standing still and the enemy were a reasonable distance away, but not far enough to justify putting the pike down. With all the weight of the pike on the ground you can stand like this for quite some time.

As you can see from the photograph the pikeman is standing with his right hand on the pike at about shoulder height, all he is doing is keeping the pike vertical. His right foot is forward and the pike is just slightly forward ond outside of it. His left hand is resting on the pommel of his sword.

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