File: Katana VS Longsword.swf-(9.84 MB, 320x240, Japanese)
[_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:39 No.2420849
Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:43 No.2420852
Muh anglo european heritage says that this is a LIE
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:49 No.2420857
It's bullshit. He has no idea how to use either sword.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:50 No.2420859
>>2420857
you're bullshit
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:56 No.2420862
>>2420859
Ever seen the broadsword vrs katana tests where they hit a broadsword with a katana and then hit
a broadsword with a broadword? Yeah, katanas are shit, buddy, get used to it.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)11:57 No.2420863
>>2420862
lol you're not supposed to hit them against each other at a 90 degree angle retard
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)12:09 No.2420869
How to end East vs. West debates 101
>Matthew C. Perry
>Midway
>Marianas turkey shoot
>firebombing of Tokyo
>Hiroshima
>Nagasaki
>Occupation of Japan
There are no stops on the freedom train
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)12:14 No.2420872
NOT AGAIN!
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)12:14 No.2420873
A katana is a better weapon for slashing due to it's curved blade. The smaller amount of surface
area on the edge allows it to penetrate soft targets better. A longsword is better thrusting
weapon due to it's straight blade. The smaller amount of surface area as the blade penetrates
allows it to slip through armor with less resistance.
A slash is not a chop, it requires a bit of lateral movement to take full advantage of the
cutting edge. Think cutting a loaf of bread with a steak knife. A thrust is not a stab, it
requires an angle to actually pierce the armor instead of having the metal absorb all the shock
and stop the sword. Think of trying to chop through wood with an axe.
The needle sharp point of the katana pierces better initially, but the curved blade will always
stop the sword as it gets caught on the armor. If done correctly, the longsword can completely
penetrate the armor and be uninhibited by the metal as it pierces the body.
Leafbladed sword master race.
>> [_] BismuthVectoring !FRESHtYylA 06/18/14(Wed)12:56 No.2420910
In Against armor, yes. But a sword against amor is the height of retardation. In actual combat
you pulled a sword when enemies got to close to pitch the extremely pointy stick that you always
had with you at them.
There's another show that did the comparison for their cutting power against unarmored enemies
and for their endurance.
The Katana is much fragile - If it hits another sword it will chip or even bend, and it will cut
through meat like it's not there. The longsword is much more resistant than the katana but its
more blunt and not an effective cutting weapon. Though due to it's design it has much more
penetrative power, a katana has a curved point with means there's a big chances that it will
slide instead of penetrate. (Think Stilettos Vs. Cleaves, stilettos are designed to penetrate
while ther later is designed to slash)
In conclusion: Pikes > Swords
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:04 No.2420919
>>2420910
If we're talking all melee weapons, nothing wrecks an armored opponent like a war hammer. Why
bother penetrating the armor when your weapon is actually even more effective against it?
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:08 No.2420923
>>2420919
You'd have to be so fucking enormous to wield a war-hammer effectively in a combat situation,
c'mon man.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:14 No.2420926
>>2420923
A warhammer is typically lighter than a sledgehammer.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:20 No.2420931
The katana sucks, just like everything else from Japan. That being said, no weapon made by any
lesser cultures even come close to the weapons made by infa 14/88 aryan übermench.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:20 No.2420932
>>2420923
Warhammers are not what you think they are.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:20 No.2420934
>>2420923
Vidya war hammers are nothing like the real world kind.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:30 No.2420945
>>2420919
>not using double head axe
stay eastern.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:31 No.2420947
>>2420945
>double head axe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqtp08ZSAYE
>> [_] John Moses Browning 06/18/14(Wed)13:35 No.2420950
>heavy blunt weapons vs. sharp melee
>our protector Lee Ermy prefers sharp weapons
How about a Bauernwher vs. a Katan? Would make much more sense
>> [_] BismuthVectoring !FRESHtYylA 06/18/14(Wed)13:35 No.2420951
>>2420919
Morningstars are probably more effective weapons, and they can easily do horrible damage with the
morningstar's spikes if you have armor, and perhaps chainmail too. Though having a literal iron
ball hanging from a chain is reasonably dangerous for the user.
Of course the greatest of them all is the Halberd.
>>2420946
Blunt weapons where used primarily against armor. For the meat it's usually the pointy stick and
the sword if they got too close.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:35 No.2420952
>>2420849
guaranteed_replies.swf
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:44 No.2420961
Muh folds.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:47 No.2420965
>arguing over iron sticks
>not using based longbow
shiggy diggy
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)13:52 No.2420967
>>2420946
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, judging from your grammar.
>lol, my skull just got cracked open and both my legs are smashed
>I'm fine, he didn't hit any vital organs
Now please go back to Cheesburger network, you underage fag
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:02 No.2420979
>>2420971
English wasn't my first language either, but that isn't an excuse for typing like a 10 year old,
you don't even have a clue about basic English grammar, now please go die from heroin overdose
you little tapeworm.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:03 No.2420981
>>2420849
Gauranteed replies
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:05 No.2420984
>>2420951
Halberds were only effective in large unit formations. If you didn't have at least one rank of
men behind you wielding the same thing, it was way too unwieldy and someone getting inside of
it's range was way too much of a danger.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:12 No.2420993
>>2420984
Just step backwards then, problem solved.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:25 No.2421010
>>2420993
That's not always an option on a real battlefield. Hell, that's not always an option in sparring.
It's a good tactic, but it's not perfect.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:28 No.2421013
Real men cast fireballs and magic missiles.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:32 No.2421019
>>2421010
Approaching an adversary whose weapon's reach is superior to yours hoping that he won't swing
fast enough is an even worse strategy.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:35 No.2421023
>>2420863
>what is parrying
>what is sword based combat
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:38 No.2421025
>>2420849
https://i.imgur.com/XNiCN2S.gif
Captcha: SORDS 101
>> [_] Sage01 06/18/14(Wed)14:40 No.2421028
>>Mail Call
INTO THE TRASH IT GOES.exe.tiff.cad.cmd.bash.avi
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:45 No.2421034
To be frank, these swords look like shitty replicas slightly above showcase tier.
Then again I know nothing about blacksmithing.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:50 No.2421039
>>2421023
parrying is sliding your sword off your opponent's sword to deflect their blow, not swinging your
weapon directly into your opponents.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)14:52 No.2421040
>>2421039
And yet the attacker will still usually strike his opponent's blade edge-on. Its only the person
parrying that gets to block with the flat of his blade, and that katana is going to pop like a
bad spring the first time it hits another sword.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)15:07 No.2421061
fedoras_versus_larpers.swf
Almost equally pathetic, but the point goes to fedoras for being autistic AND unknowledgeable.
>> [_] Anonymous 06/18/14(Wed)15:13 No.2421068
>>2421061
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
haahaha.... Ahhhh.
yeah.
