The sword was the first weapon which was only used for killing folks. Up until then, most weapons were just tools or hunting equipment which was occasionally used to kill some dude. Or they were clubs. But honestly, clubs are just repurposed sticks, and screw that.
Some swords are plain.
Some swords are fancy as hell.
Some swords were used on horseback.
Some swords were used on foot.
Some swords are French, and should probably be ashamed of themselves.
It's like they sat down and said “How can we keep the blatant phallic imagery without that dangerous pointy bit?â€
Some swords don't exist, but really should.
Some swords are just completely overrated.
I mean Jesus guys, it's a good sword but it's not worth ruining a perfectly good set of underwear over.
Here's my favorite sword:
The gladius hispaniensis. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker on the continent, accept no substitutes. This was the blade that built Western civilization, one disemboweled German at a time.
The Romans saw your fancy swordplay and girly fencing and decided they wanted no part of it. They sat down at the drawing table and drew a straight line between two boxes labeled “Dude giving me guff†and “Dude trying to stuff his intestines back in.â€
It was the primary weapon of the Roman Legion for
six hundred damned years. Some historians reckon it's got a higher body count than any single weapon up until the AK-47.
Fuck yeah. Swords.
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A parade sword of similar date was also found, with scabbard, with the officer's name inscribed into the blade, as well as the engravers' names.
To be fair, these huge suckers were mostly used to break people's bones rather than cut.
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Big damned cricket bats edged with one of the sharpest naturally-occurring substances in the world. The conquistadors claimed that it could decapitate a horse at a stroke.
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Your gladius certainly was a successful sword, but generally only when accompanied by a shield and spear.
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dude that's a baseball bat with sponge on it
best sword
used in wutang style
which is the best style
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final fantasy VIII 2s main character is using one of those
Like Maxwell Smart doesn't have enough hidden guns.
Well, you're right. But in terms of fictional portrayal, and especially in terms of internet discussions, the katana has been really, really over-represented. Saturation of the market. And there's a lot more cool and strange swords out there that we can talk about rather than returning to the argument over how many silk hankies a samurai can cut through before breakfast.
if there's one type of sword over-represented in social entropy it's certainly not a katana
it saw use in WWII by filipino jungle fighters
they looked at the katana and thought to themselves
"man the reach on that thing is brutal. but what if we get inside of it?"
so they paired the barong's heavy blade with a style of eskrima which uses very close-quarters strikes
the end of that equation is lots of disembowled japanese soldiers
Don't fuck with Filipinos.
Ever.
edit: Also hook swords are kinda cool.
If filipino soldiers failed their marksmanship test, they were deployed with nothing but a Barong.
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You know... usually, I'd say there's no reason to ever, ever hit a woman.
edit: how many of those soldiers with just the barong do you think made it through the war, pipe? just out of curiosity.
Alejandro Murrieta: Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
Also, a kickass sword is that one from Egypt, the Khopesh
Look at that shit, it's cool as hell
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But I agree with you about the gladius hispaniensis.
if it's in the hands of a skilled fencer
you will die by it very quickly indeed
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what if i break it with my broadsword.
and then decide to beat their head in with the pommel.
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Wow that thing is just DUMB
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Rapiers are very light and good at getting in very fast. With how heavy Broadswords are, you'd almost certainly get hit first going against one of those.
The Navy employs these guys to handle our gate security at some of the bases in the middle east, like Bahrain.
These guys do not fuck around. They carry these huge blades on their belt along with grenades and M16s. 90% of them are ex-filipino military.
edit: FUCK YOU AROD I SPELLED IT RIGHT :<