I devote all that time and effort to finding pictures of authentic 17th Century pike drill*, and all you lot do is sit around making witty and clever remarks.
Fine. See if I care.
*i.e. I typed “pike drill” into Google Image Search. But I’m still miffed.
I THINK they’re called slops.
If he’s so rich, why doesn’t he just buy one?
Guin:
You have won a brand new top of the line jousting steed with chain mail to go with your ultra chic slops(or sloppes) from Froderick’s of Londonwood!
My M-W says slops were only worn by men in the 16th century,but if I read my calendar correctly,we’re somewhat beyond that so you might get away with it now. But if you’re thrown in gaol for public indecency,I never heard of you. But I think you’d look cute in polka dot slops.
I can’t get it out of my head that slops look so baggy because they’re full of,dare I say…slops?
I was expecting your link to show people wrestling fish, but no such luck.
Awww, I thought he was poking the peasants just because he could.
You can’t tell it since the pic is truncated, but this is actually where we get the phrase “Wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole”.
First off, damn you Steve Wright for beating me to the punch with the correct information.
Secondly, what outfit you with? Army of Gustavus Adolphus, King’s Lifeguard Regiment, here…
he’s passing the joint?
Oh … I picked this stuff up from a mate of mine, who was a lapsed member of the English Civil War Society. I just saw the picture and thought “very long stick, funny position … got to be pike drill.”
Ah, OK. Well, at least I’m not alone in knowing this kind of stuff around here 
They’d REALLY throw me in gaol for wearing slops-as I’m female…
Fwiw, this page tells uswhy the era of the pike drill was slowly coming to an end. I suppose inevitably, it also meant the bayonet was about to be invented.
Obviously, we all still enjoy showing a little leg for the girls.
They had electric pikes??
By the look of concentration on his face and the delicate way he is holding the, er, shaft, he is clearly performing some intricate task. I imagine him at a fete, attempting to net the medieval equivalent of rubber ducks out of a barrel in order to win a spiky toy.
No, he’s in the stance of preparing to move forward against a similarly armed enemy in order to induce them to move backward. You can see two fellows engaged in the same activity in the lower right-hand corner of the picture.
Looking suspiciously like Quinten Crisp.
In all fairness to the pike fighters; although the individual positions of pike drill may look pretty silly, regular practice of them makes the difference between a disciplined formation of men bearing down to skewer the opposition with long pointy things (on the one hand), and a giant size game of jackstraws (on the other). Bit crucial in a battle situation.
Guin:
I knew you were of the vaginal persuasion and I meant to make that clear,but looking back at my post I see I didn’t.
Forgive this miserable sinner,won’t you?
When come back, bring pike.