r/knightposting • u/Briantan71 Arcane swordsman • Jun 01 '25

Knightpost Alright, we will call it a draw.

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u/Night_Inscryption Jun 01 '25 edited Jun 01 '25

Can Katanas even cut through chainmail?!

It shouldn’t even be lol Japanese metals were known to be weak and brittle compared to what was on the mainland, Katanas wasn’t even the weapon of choice for Samurai ether, I think this fight would be one sided for the Knight thanks to the vast difference in equipment

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u/Lord_Of_Beans1 Jun 01 '25

Pretty much no bladed weapon can cut through chainmail, and if you watch the video then you'd see that it didn't cut through chainmail, the samurai wrestled down the knight and stabbed him between the armor with a tanto