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I have no "favorite" type. I don't run around having sword fights. My interest in swords is dependent upon many factors such as age, historical significance, quality, rarity, price, potential profit, etc etc.

The Danish swords they were making around the ninth and tenth century were pretty bad ass.

I don't know, generic european broadsword, two handed sword or longsword I guess

or maybe a katana if I was feeling original

favourite kind of sword for what exactly?

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Flammenschwert

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>katana if I was feeling original

>>10114
Flamberge
Grosse Messer
Claymore
in that ordeer

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Really.. you had to ask?

Technically a katana is a sabre.

Zweihander
Große Messer
1800's heavy cavalry sabre
Nodachi(although it's still a sabre, not a sword).

I dont know, straight and broadswords just dont do it for me. Armour defeats the purpose of having a straight sword, and a große messer can thrust as good as any other sword but still has the curvature to cleave and the blade is balaced closer to the tip so the weight aids in power. Like a hammer.

>>10129

>Technically a katana is a sabre.

Uh... no it's not, I think you should rethink your usage of the word "technically". Also you seem to think sabers aren't swords, which is also wrong.

>Armour defeats the purpose of having a straight sword

Despite what RPGs made you believe, people rarely walked around clad in full plate in middle ages. Also >>10130

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Cutless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsword#Combat

DEFINITELY the longsword for me, now that I've read a little further into the combat capabilities of a longsword and the versatility it has, I like a lot, if the guy has armour, just bash them on the head with the pommel repeatedly, by holding the blade and swinging with it

bwuahahahaha, also, armour has joints and stuff, you can easily get into those joints and kill the man if you're skilled enough, as armour limits your mobility a bit, that's why knights had to do stuff like hand stands just to be apprentices

knights were fit yo

>>10129
Actually, armor use gave us a type of straight sword. A rapier will go through chain links and chinks in armor. And I don't think anyone who fought in heavy armor against other people in heavy armor ever used curved swords.

I've heard it also gave way to weapons like the warhammer and mace. Helmets aren't helping you when those are involved.

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I love Sabers.

Pimpin' yo.

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Gladius.

Gotta love the classics...

>>10140

Oh I'm sure there was one crazy motherfucker from the Tutonic knights did.

>>10137

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealGladiatores

This might be of interest to you.

>>10140

You can't be serious. Rapier evolved as a civilian weapon, it was NEVER supposed to go against armor. Just look at it, in a confrontation with any "real" sword it would break or bend after one parry or one thrust.

HURR the Tachi Katana WAS IN FUCKING FACT a cavalry sabre.
And by armour:
Maximillian armour
/thread
And despite what you read on wikipedia is mostly true, KNIGHTS fought fully armoured. More so, French knights encountered Landsknechts very often, and one of the weapons that the Landsknecht favoured was the Zweihander. And im talking about BATTLES, not casual animu encounters on the street with lots of sugoii and desu.

And yes, people who fought with armoured individuals fought with curved swords, but also with maces and clubs. Crusades, anyone?

Calm down and stop posting.

>>10148

A saber and a katana are both backswords but a katana is not a saber, much in the same way that all Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholics.

I'd have to say the Nodachi is my favorite 'sword' type weapon. Long and hefty, without being overly cumbersome like a European broadsword, or eastern european long sword.

>>10149
I said people wearing heavy armor fought with. Made no mention of who they were going up against or what they were carrying.

>>10154

You do realize nodachi is essentially equivalent of european greatswords, right? It's definitely more cumbersome than german longsword and arming sword. Assuming it was even a real weapon and not just a training tool or translation error(if it's build the same way as katana it would be rather fragile).

https://7chan.org/w/res/10114.html#10147

thanks so much!

that move where they use those dagger things and so on and that pony tail person twists and gets it in the gut in the end (well would have in a real fight) reminds me that if you use your body and twist it you can provide a leverage point there as well, putting off technique users if you're fast enough

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the machete.. but only if it was made of 1095 carbon, had a real hilt and was full tang... and wasnt a piece of shit.
and if you say machetes are not swords than neather is the cutlass, gladius, ida, or scabbard

https://7chan.org/w/res/10114.html#10187

way to bring a knife to a swordfight

I mean, it's a really BIG, STRONG knife, but it's not a sword, that one anyways

>>10187

you're right. a scabbard (n. -a case in which a sword is placed) is totally a sword.

My favorite would have to be a Scottish Claymore. Long, heavy, made for destruction.

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>>10192
>claymore
lolwut

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not sure why i said scabbard when i was thinking khopesh (see pic) and considering most machetes are two to three feet long, i call that a short sword. its a shame you cant buy a machete made with any real quality, theres nothing like hack and slash in the back yard and suddenly notice your chopper has snaped and you dont know where the other half went flying

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Scottish Claymore.
for those times when someone needs to die but you just dont feel like walking all the way over there

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Mameluke sword, fo'sure.

https://7chan.org/w/res/10114.html#10204

okay, I'm changing my vote from longsword to the sword in the background on the wall with the extra bit of a blade/handle thing on it

THAT is a fucking rocking sword in the back there

sweet jesus mother of mercy, you could ram that through armour if you wanted to... or cleave a guy's head off

disclaimer: the reason I picked longsword is because I didn't realize two handed swords were actually that much bigger than longswords...

damn. wow

Technically, longswords too were two-handed swords. There were some longswords which were one handed, but that was definite minority.

What common folk(and people who make video games/pnp RPGs) means by "two-handed sword" is usually something halfway between Claymore(which had blade "just" 10cm longer than the longsword) and Zweihander(which had a blade of up to 150cm long). In the actual medieval times, the term "two-handed sword" didn't even exist*; instead there was a concept of a great sword, which usually meant normal sword scaled up.

And as for combat with such monsters, they probably handled more like polearms than actual swords.

oh shit, zweinhanders are even BIGGER?

fuck having a dick I'll take those any day

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You'll never know when I'm coming.Even if you see me you can't be sure if I'm holding a sword or just a cane until your head is split in two.

>>10230
Yes, we will never know when you are coming with a cheap piece of semi-sharpened stainless steel until you clumsily attempt to bludgeon us over the head with it, resulting in a cry of "What the HELL, dude, that fuckin hurts!"

>>10230

Yes, you'll blend in perfectly among all the other teenagers who visit local Target with walking sticks.

actually a sword cane's main strength is the wtf factor, and the sharpness of the blade, it was used as a status symbol and as a possible weapon

the main thing is it's most useful style of useage is akin to that of a razor or exacto blade

anyways, I don't see a problem with using a real cane to break it (it's more solid)

and to beat the shit out of the person wielding a sword cane

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>>10235
fill brass door knob with melted lead. braze to end of steel rod. add grip tape and door stop to the bottem. pimp walk with cane untill its time to crush ah skull.
(pic is google found and i think i see hot glue attaching nob to cane, but you get the idea.)
but thats a blugening tool, and dosnt belong in a sword thred

just reading your description felt like my skull was already caving in, gruesome

>>10188
Whaddya think a Grosse Messer is?

(Hint: Run the name through a German to English translator)

great mass?

that sounds like grosse messe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMLiTpzQgsc&feature=related

Those Turks were crazy motherfuckers, if a chubby goth fag can do that, someone who knows what he's doing would be ready to murder a couple knights, some samurais and a bonus musqueteer.

>>10281
Grosse Messer = Big Knife
I think.

to some degree, the point about that show is just how brutal EVERY civilization's warfare is

it's funny, it PRETTY much equalizes everyone in that sense

>>10313

Knights and samurai wore armor against which that would be almost useless. Musketeers had guns.

So did the ottomans and valachians and they still killed each other with that thing, halberds, crossbows and pistols.

Wearing armor doesnt make you instantly inmune to weapons, otherwise no war would have ever been won.

pffft lies and blasphemy, any quarter inch thick shit will stop a nuke, don't be ridiculous

the real way wars are won is discipline, they just beat on eachother with sticks until one gets bored, the other becomes the winner

and now you know why discipline is so important in the military~

>Wearing armor doesnt make you instantly inmune to weapons

A good armor makes you immune to significant majority of swords, especially draw-cutting swords which rely more on slashing than chopping motion. For example the german longsword failed to penetrate (relatively) common maile in most cases.

you ever been hit really hard with the flat side of a sword?

penetration is not the only thing a big chunk of metal is good for

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i have. while wearing chainmaille, plate spaulders, couter, pauldron and gorgets we decided to test and battle damage all pieces.
chops slashes and thrusts delt with a machete felt no more than light pushes and left very nice dents and scratches. then we brought out the excaleber replica. it was no more efective and bent after a few wacks(pos).then we got out the hatchet and ax. i could only take a few hits with them, it was like getting hit with a bat. i wound up with a brused sholder but it was worth it. thies were well placed hits not ment to inflick damage but still. it takes a real chink of steel to deter anyone with armor. in full dress i dont think i would step down from anyone with less than a claymore or pole ax
but like you said, penetration is not the only thing a big chunk of metal is good for. your right. even with armor large swords are bone breakers
pic related because you should own and use at least five of thies

I too, have worn chain armour and taken hits in it (but not plate)

pointy knives are not comfortable... kitchen knives, armoured people's worst nightmare... also, knife sharpeners (the old school ones that look almost like some round thick sword) GOD THEY CAN PIERCE AND STAB IF YOU SHOVE THEM HARD

there is a point, at least with longswords and the like, at least european weapons style(fuck replicas) where it just fucking hurts like a bitch

and it's pretty damn easy to hack and slash with a wood axe through metal to the point where it's not the axe going through you, it's the fucking chain mail itself I think that's what was getting you, wasn't it?

/cringed at that one

we went easy on it since the chain armour wasn't made perfectly, but fairly closely to a large degree

the guy I know has a knack for it

is there a particularly useful chain mail type where there are in fact, larger loops with smaller loops in some form or another, that provides a slight rigidity, so that impact with blunt weapons is spread throughout the armour more, but impact with smaller weapons is still held back?

>you ever been hit really hard with the flat side of a sword?

No, and I can't think of anybody who wound, because what would be the point of that?

>penetration is not the only thing a big chunk of metal is good for

Obviously, but we're talking about whether it's possible to "murder a couple knights, some samurais and a bonus musqueteer", not make few bone fractures at best.

I will fracture your bones and use your fractured bones to jab into other parts of your body making you bleed to death

/signed, a couple of samurai's, knights, and a musketeer's opponent

>>10128
Lol, Autonomous Mobile Swords. Enjoy being cut to pieces and having your pieces hauled off to the production plant for resources.

I'd have to say the kopis

>>10313

That's hardcore.
Isn't it kinda like a Hussar sabre?

Cane sword. The gentleman's weapon.

>>10140
What the bloody hell are you talking about? The rapier was categorically not designed to locate any ¨chinks¨ in armour. Back to the classroom!
www.salvadorfabris.com

>>10140
Incorrect. A rapier as opposed to a smallsword has an almost identical mass to a katana or equivalent weapon. Its just longer. Modern repros are bendy for safety reasons

while the katar owns all, dual gladius isn't too bad.
if one handed is required I'd go for a thick bladed scimitar.

>katar
>dual wielding

Please stop posting.

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, Indo-Persian Gold & Silver Inlaid Armour-Piercing Katar Dagger Mounted with 'working' Twin 50 Cal. Musket Percussion Pistols (all mechanisms: locking hammers, trigger pulls, including springs are fully functional) - Measuring 19" long overall, with 9-1/2" long Engraved Blade with Armour-Piercing Tip.

Keris:
If the multiple stab wounds don't kill you, the deadly poison will.

I cannot believe the viking sword hasn't been mentioned. :c

>>10557

Well, deadliest warrior, as jock as it is, has shown us that thing actualy punctures chain mail like it was made of toilet paper.

>Well, deadliest warrior

Nothing like a reliable source, eh.

Hurrr durrr durrr durr let's be original.

Katana for me.

No better source than seeing it happening, Katars are hardcore.

Kilij or Gladius.

>No better source than seeing it happening

You must be pretty old

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>>10205
Mameluke Ppptthhh Real men carry this

Arming sword

Zweihander, because nobody, but nobody, fucks with someone holding one.

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-All your swords suck. I win.

>>10711
/thread

>>10114
>Fictional swords don't count.

i find i like the feel of a Grosse Messer and the Ninjato

epee

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Falcata (pic is an actual 4th century B.C exemplar)

not technically a sword but kukri all the way

>>10214
your actuly right about "great sword" and that's they were used more like a spear or halberd then like there shorter equivalents, mostly cos if you miss you would be fucked swinging something that long.

>>10792
mostly because these swords were designed to dismount knights.

if by knights you mean calvary, play less fucking warcraft.

>>10793

"greatswords" weren't designed to do anything. They were just bigger versions of already existing swords, made with the bigger = better mentality.

XVIIIb is my favourate

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Just chillin' with my kali sticks, feeling vastly superior to all you bladefags.

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>>10811
I was under the impression that those were pretty much used interchangeably with these.

Claymores and Khukris

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Chakram. Not my favorite, but they are AWESOME. And nobody has mentioned them yet.

Primary hand; Bearded one-handed axe, with a 6 inch steel spike at the opposite end of the handle, and a clover head opposite the axehead.
Secondary Hand; Hooded Katar/Shield Katar.
Armor; a combination of light place, scale and chainmaille.

Strategies?
Short swords/Daggers; Charge, use the shield to block the blade, and pick/bludgeon/axe to death.
Short sword and Shield; Block with shield, hook enemy shield with axe, punch enemy in face/neck/groin/ribs with katar blade.
Long sword; Block with shield, catch/parry with axe, bludgeon/pick/axe/facestab enemy into deathness.

The basic idea is, the sheild has a blade on it, so ti acts as a primarily defensive weapon, with offensive abilities, and the axe is bearded (so it has a hook on it) which lends it parrying abilities. if the enemy attacks, you have a whole laundry list of options, from using the shield to block and hooking their arm/leg/groin/head with the axe, to just blocking and then punching them in the face with the katar while they recover.

Oh, as a side note?
Katanas; block w/ shield, katarpunch in face. Or parry with axe, katarpunch in face. or block with shield, use 6 inch steel deathspike to icepick them in the face. Or block with shield, hook arm with axe, slice tendons with katar. I initially designed this set for theoretical use against mounted knights. On foot.

Boredom+Blacksmith=What have I done?

>>10828

/tg/ is two boards up.

Sword-gun

The katana yes the katana is overrated, but it's fairly versatile, powerful, and can be wielded in a large variety of ways. Also, it's not really a "pick up and slash" weapon, you need at least some training to wield it in any way that's effective against even a mildly skilled unarmed opponent.

The longsword is a close second, easy to wield one handed with a shield, but also very effective two handed. it loses points for being rather easy to wield to mild effect, though most people would never think of a morte strike or anything similar on their own. Fool's guard is fun on newbies, totally lives up to its name.

>>10831

Please

don't

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bitches don't know about my kilij

>>10839
I already did. Katana ftw biznitches.

i prefer xiia

scimitar ftw

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>>10587
>>10205
samefag detected.

in the meantime, claymore = fuckyeah

I never quite got a good enough name for it, but the sword i use and prefer is a cross between a rapier and a back-sword i'd say.

made for both slashing and thrusting, and exceptionally long, the blade being a but under a meter in length. Single edged for about 3/4 of the blade and double for the last 1/4. It's light enough for me to be able to properly thrust and parry, while still having enough weight behind it to allow me to cut with it.

besides that sword, i'm also a fan of light falchions and katanas.

German Flamberge hands down.

Das schwert. "Longsword" to us english-speakers, known to 15th century Germans as "das schwert," meaning simply "the sword," because it was the purest form of sword, the standard by which all other swords were measured. They've got bigger ones, they got smaller ones, but that was the quintessential sword. My favorite thing about them is how slow people expect them to be, not realizing the balance and leverage you can get. Expect a slow attack and you'll be dead before you can blink.

Of course, if I need to bash the living crap out of a formation of pikemen, I'm all about the zweihander.

A shamshir made of damascus steel? I would tongue that like it's the sweetest pussy on this earth just begging for my cock.

God damn.

highland claymoore standing 6ft tip to pommel
the basket hilt claymoore
but for practicality the Katana the blade length is good for keeping zombies down when you run out of bullets, easy to draw for a fast attack.

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speaking of swords i own this bad boy aint it ever so sexy

>>10204
GERMAN STEEL

I'm gonna say the Scottish broadsword. with a basket hilt. fucking sex that can take an arm off.

Celtic Claymore

A Celtic claymore, so I could cut people in half while riding a horse.

Viking Falchion.

Zweihänder

Katana because I like it. No, i am not going to go out of my way to google obscure swords to be cool. And if i did it would just be a long narrow curved blade anyway...

no one going for chinese blades? though it is just a stylised machette that isn't built for bush bashing..

Falchions are badass

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The Jian is probably the best sword to EVER be made.

my favourite type of s word is shit

Claymore

Zanbato or Zweihander. Real men should use weapons that are as tall as they are.

>>10988
this man speaks truth
also fights between fully armored opponents were not short, unless one of them really fucked up.

Scmitar is a pirate's best friend.

i personally like the kukri, but i'm not really sure if it counts as a sword.

If my foe has no armor, a rapier, 4 foot blade.

If he's armored, a shield and war hammer. Of the "looks like a pickaxe" variety, not the mauls from WoW and fantasy genres.

If I'm going into the field of battle against lots of dudes, well, I don't do that because it's stupid. But I guess it'd be a falchion and shield.

Katanas are pretty thick actually.

Well since I've always loved ninjas, probably a ninjato. However, there is no historical proof of ninjatos existing, so if thats the case, then a wakizashi is my fav sword. Katanas may not be the best suited for fighting in a building, but wakizashis and ninjatos are, thereby making them my weapon of choice

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schiavona.
Benefits of Rapier and Longsword, and, if well made, light to boot

and a main gauche for backup

>>11322

Ninjato never existed, never. The closest is the korean sword the japanese fucked up to make the katana.

>>11907
got a name for this supposed "korean sword"?

>>11907
Gookfag detected. The Koreans never had anything the Japanese wanted other than a closer land route to get to China. That's why the Japs raped Gook culture repeatedly and have been turned into the land of weeaboos we know today. Hell, Korean barbecue is even a Japanese invention made to market as "eccentric foreign food."

And FYI, katanas developed from tachis which in turn developed from Chinese sabers.

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Motherfucking definitely renaissance rapiers.

This one's 17th century, from Toledo. MMMmmmm baby.

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>>10744

Uncommon choice

<---drool

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Let me post some of my favourite porn:

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more, more...

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Viking and anglo saxon are among the best for cutting geometry

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see

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>>12102
Kevin Cashen is the shit

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another one from Mr Cashen

>>10809

Yeah, rocks..., I fancy a lot Type XVIa too, post pic of mine a couple of days ago in Combat knife trhead, handles just sweet

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Kora- extra weight on the end would make a nice difference to the swing! Plus it looks shweet

Gotta go with Korean Straight sword or Guhm.

Just bumping a page or /roulette/'s...

any kind of traditional Celtic sword - the Celts knew how to impress the ladies.

future refrence katana mean sword

>>10114 so ya katanna means sword in japanese a shimada is the most common but their are a veriaty of katanna
inclouding
tachi or calvery
zonsbato or horse killer
notachi or long bladed
nodachi or wide blade
adachi or blocking sword
wakazashi or honered sword
daitachi or long handeled
sorry abou the spelling swords I know spelling not so much
and the katzbrawlder is my faveret

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>12649

you are an airwolfing idiot. all of that information (and the spelling, yes..) is incorrect.

so many idiots in this thread.

Zweihanders are completely superior.

Units trained to use Zweihanders were given double wages and called "doppelsoldner". They could lop the end of a halberd off from close to six feet away.

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I have a cavalry saber and an officer's saber from the American Civil War and a 12 inch Bowie knife made by a guy on my shooting team (not technically a sword, but the fucker is big, pic related).

I would like to get a kukri. Again, not technically a sword, but the Gurkha fascinate me.

>>12656

I love how your steak is in the shape of Australia and they have insanely difficult times getting the things you have pictured.

>>10711


im not sure, if u deflected a swing from my sword, my sword would be cut in half and may ricochet in ur face

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I've always liked the Tantō.

>>10187
sauce on that machete?

>>12891
He's missing far north Queensland and Tasmania from his Steak.
Besides, we Australians have plenty of access to forks, potatoes, beans, plates, steaks and glasses of orange juice.

Jokes aside, butterfly knives are illegal, and you need a permit or licences Knife club membership if you want to keep sharp objects other than kitchenware.
Gun licences are easy to get though!*

*If you live in a rural area and have good reason for needing a hunting rifle.
Or you could join the police.

Fuck me with a brick, sometimes I think we need 20% less guns and 300% more swords.

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a sword made out of damascus steel like this one

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The English mortuary sword is probably the most elegant sword made by man.

a pair of Roman Gladius with modern alloy blades

I rather like the mortuary sword as well.

Some of the later short swords, called hangars are quite handy and nice as well.

>>12991
I'm not sure what model but i know it's a Gil Hibben. Most of them are just for sure though i believe.

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honestly i would choose the gladius

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Obviously a light cavalry sabre. Cutting down peasantry from horseback with a blade to deliciously heavy to wield on foot. Yummy.

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>>10114
Egyptian Khopesh

>>10114
13709
http://www.kultofathena.com/egyptian.asp

these guys sell/ recommend various weaponry

This fucking thread is still here?

Really?

>>13711
>"I remember thinking, 'Geez, Charlemange must have been strong like a freak to be able to use this thing.'"

>Weight: 5lbs

Hand and a Half. I'm a big guy so the the extra weight is fine and can be nice if I want to switch to two handed.

This thread is full of more idiots than the averagke 4chon /k/ thread.

I'm going to go through and dispell stupid ideas one at a time, but i'll start with just a few:
IT doesn't matter how big your sword is, or how pointy. You ARE NOT going to take a man in plate by just hitting him. For fucks sake, it was perfectly acceptable to use your arm to PARRY WITH.
You either have aweapon with a pommel designed for use in hurting people an duse that, half sword (this has the useful effect of SHORTENING the weapon, which is very important in keeping a thrust accurate), or most common of all, wrestling, throwing him (and yes, that shit would look a lot liek jui-jitsu) and stabbing him several times while he was down with sword, or dagger to the face/groin/armpit.

dopplesnlodiers were NOT usually armed with the zweihander. (proper term is bidenhander). This is a misconception, rolls of arm sfrom lanschnekt units show they generally used the halberd. Big swords were better off, and were, used by the banner guards, whereas the assault troops rushing forward to break the push of pike had halberds backed by side swords. And no, they didn't hack the heads off of pikes. The pike itself would just flex if hit, the users arms would also flex, and pikes were thick as fuck. If you could just cut polearms, roughly ALL of the techniques used with the polaxe would be suicidal.

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>>10840
Agreed.
Second place would be the Flyssa (see pic)

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My favorite would be this sexy beast here.

>>13788
>> If you could just cut polearms, roughly ALL of the techniques used with the polaxe would be suicidal.

that's why they have langets

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i'de have to go with the hook blades or (i am not being lazy) Katana, which for the record are awesome swords if they are traditional folded steal b/c they can cut through flesh like butter...

(DEMOTIVATIORS ARE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD)

>>14176
>Katana... they can cut through flesh like butter.
That may be true but the moment they hit bone their edge is permanently ruined.

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I'm surprised no one's posted this yet. Hook swords are bad-ass

>>14179
HAHAHAHA

Dude you can get through meat and bone without damage with a butcher knife or most Any large knife much less a katana. I have tested my coldsteel oss on pork ribs that I had laid on it's side and it went through 4 or 5 in one downward slash.

bastard sword midweight one-hander with a little extra handle so you can put extra power in the swing with your other hand if you need

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Han Dynasty Jian. Because elegant without looking bombastic.

Oakshot type X. Can't beat that wide fuller for weight reduction.

>>12650

that's because halberd and pike formations were terrifying even if you had a weapon especially made for lopping off pike heads

I'm sure it was okay in hand to hand combat too like any big hammer, because if it's not going to be big and tough it's not going to do much against a deflection from a sword or shield

just so you know, real life katanas are the opposite of what they're bragged about as

functional katanas relied on size and weight not sharpness as much, oh and momentum too

unlike zweinhanders and so on, the blade's uni-directional, this allows for the hard steel front with a softer steel backbone for bend, allowing for it to withstand harder impacts from that one direction

it's a brute's weapon

expirienced rapier user whould win in 8/10 battles against any sword...
More you know...
/thread

>>14228
maybe so, but what happens when your opponent is a white knight clad in shining armor perched atop an equally faggoty horse

>>14230
Exactly. Rapiers were developed as a weapon for unarmoured civilians. This demanded a different approach than what was needed for war. Even just going up against someone with a shield and no armour would be a challenge with a rapier. Against proper armour you want something you can half-sword with.

I'm willing to bet one of those metal garbage can lids could do some serious damage to a rapier's edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH-wAZvE07U&feature=related

someone pointed out in one of these kinds of videos that in a real battle you'd be going full out, and you'd swing that sword as hard as you can

this gives katanas the possibility of working against armour, as a way to put dents into it and crumple it, but chain mail would've been used under much of the plate armour and to my knowledge it's even more difficult to slash apart than plates of metal, although the impact would be harmful

however, the medieval hand and a half sword can be held nearer to the tip, as if transforming the sword into a temporary railroad spike, with the rest of the blade and your arms acting like the hammer

as you can see in the video, the armoured figures are perfectly fine taking hits on their hands and arms from the other sword

there's a video of someone taking a hit to the head with a sword, who's wearing a helmet, concussion could be an issue but he is unconcerned with shearing of the protective helmet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9OQoqW_MA&feature=related

here is another video, showing what they're talking about, the cut off bit about the dagger, basically just shows the "railroad spike" method again, as you can see by the shape of said dagger

the longsword can do with nearly equivalent success, everything the other swords can do, making it a generalist weapon and allowing for things that other swords/blades can't do, meaning even if you can't beat a weapon at the kind of fighting that it's strong in, you can do different things that are generally good counters

trying to lock blades and stabbing for instance, against katanas, since katanas rely on momentum, like an axe more than a razor

I just nerded out

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Odin Blades Peace Maker. A long, light sword with a riccasso gripping surface. I love this blade :)

Saber, Rapier, then Scottish Claymore. Which I'd use would mostly be dependent on the situation.

Katana because they are objectively superior in every way.

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>>14284

Come on, you're not even trying.

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Messer for unarmored opponents. Castillian find style long sword for armored opponents

>langes messer in pic

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>>14247
>implying that a 1 pound saber profiled for cutting through flesh could go through plate armor
Katanas are a joke against an opponent with real armor. There is a reason why the japanese were so ineffective when they invaded China and Korea back in the day. Continental asian armor was much more advanced than japanese armor and it still at the level of late 13th century europe. A fully armored man at arms from the 15th century would wreck a man using a katana

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Shashka wins.

-Nuff' said.

I'd have to say the short hilted one handers of the vikings, just to be patriotic. I also have a soft spot for German long swords.

>>14301
The only realistic chance you would stand against 250lbs of armored killing machine when fully decked out would be a warhammer,mace or polearm. Good luck trying to stab through the unarmored areas during a dynamic situation which BTW are close covered with another form of lighter mail anyway.I have heard stories that it wasn't uncommon for knights in plate to win fights when outnumbered 1 to 100.Later Full plate wasn't as heavy or restrictive as people think either.

I like the longsword and Gladius.But what I really think is underrated is the falchion, it has what is essentially a clip point like a bowie knife which is a vicious penetrator. It is also has a hefty spine and geometry for chopping and hacking.

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Shaolin Hook Swords for me too.

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It is mine. Blade is 33 cm (13")

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>>10327
Riveted or butted mail? That makes a huge difference.
Honestly? A Katana would be my last choice for a sword, regardless of quality, you can only slash in one direction or thrust and half-sword and morten-schlag techniques are severely limited as a result of the small guard. I'd take a custom two handed sabre with an "S" curve, a longsword or falcata. Fighting with Sword and shield, sword-breaker or other dual-wielding techniques is wickedly effective if you've got the skill for it too.

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Would a rapier count? I always have had fascination with these things.

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>>14419

Rapiers are the true Gentleman's weapon of choice.

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Shamshir ,IndoAryan / Persian sword used more for exhibition now , the blacksmithing is kinda like the katana's but in the steel secret is long lost now.

the typical shape make it perfect for both swings and point ,a rare and underated weapon

Two-handed sabre. I just love that strong spine, that curvature which tips the weight forward so that i can strike my enemies and cut them like a razor and i love two-handed swords for the strengh and class they have.
Needless to say, i also like Katanas for the same exact reason. I don't like Dadaos or Daos though becouse they are just too heavy on their tips.

Kinda feeling the need for a curve to it for the slashing, but also a point. Must be short for stealth and concealment reason. Possibly that weapon the Alexander the Great used or maybe a Spartan sword. Sorry about the lack of names, haven't thought about this in a while.

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For cutting/slashing, the Kopish. For stabbing the Gladius. All around lazy or not if wielded by pro, the Katana tha cadillac of swords.

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slashing

>>10744
Something like this bit in steel.....

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>>10204
Ill second this

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Predator I & II

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english tuck sword, a classic

Just about anything with a basket-hilt. Basket-hilt kicks ass.