Timeline for Weaponry made from extreme light-weight steel: swords and daggers
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| Jul 8, 2018 at 2:02 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jul 6, 2018 at 19:09 | comment | added | vsz | Please note, that swords were not "blunt-force weapons". Contrary to popular myths, swords were very nimble weapons, their center of mass is very close to the handle, so they would be very bad at bashing even unarmored opponents, let alone armored ones. Swords are for cutting and stabbing, not for chopping like with an axe. Here is a useful video demonstrating the difference between a sword and a mace: youtu.be/fg-GhnAO1VE?t=423. No sword could cut through metal armor, especially full plate, so there was no point in making swords heavy and dull to bash armor, it would be useless. | |
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| S Jul 6, 2018 at 1:28 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation about objections to this answer has been moved to chat. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 5:57 | history | edited | JBH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 4, 2018 at 15:16 | history | answered | JBH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |