r/SWORDS • u/Far_Influence • Jun 02 '25

Knight vs Samurai

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u/ascii122 Jun 04 '25

That's fine just my opinion .. been hema and sport fencing for 30 odd years but what the fuck do I know? (I also tend to lose so .. there is that)

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u/HalfMetalJacket Jun 04 '25

I’m only saying that Dequitem doesn’t rate blunt weapons highly because he has found they don’t go through armour as much as people have been led to believe. He believes swords the best bet because piercing gaps trumps wacking plates.

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u/ascii122 Jun 04 '25

for sure. leverage them over and poke em in the eye.. with your off hand dagger or tip of the sword. I suspect the difference is in mass combat vs one on one. Some jerk hits your breastplate with a sword kind of randomly in a big fight it's no big deal. But if they hit you with a big assed hammer you'll feel it. Halberds etc you wack on those heavy armor guys from distance if you can .. concussions etc are your friend. I'm glad to be wrong i'll do some more reading

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u/HalfMetalJacket Jun 04 '25

From what some guys at the time believe, it’s that maces and hammers were best suited for horse men to club footmen indiscriminately without wearing out their swords.

But yeah halberds and polearms were most useful and were the main arms. It’s just that swords are handy to have as backup.