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Topic	Longsword vs Katana
Babbit55 02/14/18 7:06:22 AM #64:	Lokarin posted... The katana was designed for cutting down peasants who are fleeing... a longsword was designed for cutting down peasants with pitchforks. Such truth! SunWuKung420 posted... In regards to sword combat verses armored foes, one had to be proficient in striking at the seams and unprotected sections. Chainmail made lunging and piercing weapons/strikes more needed. Not really true on the striking seams and unprotected sections, plate armour had no "unprotected sections" really, even then the joints had plates covering them and chain would often be patched onto the padding beneath to add extra protection (Double stacking Chain and plate was pointless and would have been really tiring too!) When chain armour was the main go to, so to were big shields, as armour got better, shields got smaller till then went in-favour of bigger weapons. By comparison, because the Japanese mainly in fought instead of conquering like the Europeans, they did not change as much over time, and that is why it too almost 200 years for firearms to really take off there --- GT:- Babbit55 PC - i5 4670k, 16g ram, RX 480, 2tb hybrid drive. <cite>Babbit55 posted [p:896058265] in Longsword ... [t:76314402]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>The katana was designed for cutting down peasants who are fleeing... a longsword was designed for cutting down peasants with pitchforks.</quote> Such truth! <cite>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote>In regards to sword combat verses armored foes, one had to be proficient in striking at the seams and unprotected sections. Chainmail made lunging and piercing weapons/strikes more needed.</quote> Not really true on the striking seams and unprotected sections, plate armour had no "unprotected sections" really, even then the joints had plates covering them and chain would often be patched onto the padding beneath to add extra protection (Double stacking Chain and plate was pointless and would have been really tiring too!) When chain armour was the main go to, so to were big shields, as armour got better, shields got smaller till then went in-favour of bigger weapons. By comparison, because the Japanese mainly in fought instead of conquering like the Europeans, they did not change as much over time, and that is why it too almost 200 years for firearms to really take off there --- GT:- Babbit55 PC - i5 4670k, 16g ram, RX 480, 2tb hybrid drive.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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