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If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword?
    #19303888 - 12/20/13 04:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Pretend you had to go back in time and be a swordsman.  Big battles and duels and stuff.  what kind of sword would you use?

I like these giant one handed bagua swords.



Or just a normal long machette would be good i think.

Has to be a sword no knives or spears.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303921 - 12/20/13 05:06 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19303932 - 12/20/13 05:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: TheMovement]
    #19303934 - 12/20/13 05:08 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Kukri?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Icyus] * 4
    #19303941 - 12/20/13 05:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Icyus]
    #19303943 - 12/20/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Longsword


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303944 - 12/20/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Was gonna say a Katana but fuck it..



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Icyus]
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303953 - 12/20/13 05:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Icyus]
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303958 - 12/20/13 05:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

A hattori hanzo


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303979 - 12/20/13 05:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

:orc:  :duel:


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: vinsue] * 2
    #19303985 - 12/20/13 05:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: vinsue]
    #19303988 - 12/20/13 05:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Kukri, zelda style.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19303992 - 12/20/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Synthe]
    #19304006 - 12/20/13 05:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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A hattori hanzo



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19304014 - 12/20/13 05:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

We're going back in time...


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19304026 - 12/20/13 05:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)



Dragonsteel.


Not that a single sword will do you any good.
(No one reads George RR Martin?) Swordplay is wut iz all about.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19304047 - 12/20/13 05:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Its dragonglass not dragonsteel. obsidian

or do you mean valerian steel?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19304051 - 12/20/13 05:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

lol, called me out. you're right though been a while since I finished all 3 books.

the layers upon layers, etc etc.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19304055 - 12/20/13 05:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19304059 - 12/20/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

There's 5 books actually.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19304060 - 12/20/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Reason: I basically had a balloon sword here, but the photo was too big and took too long to load each time you clicked on this page so I said fuck it and deleted it :shrug:


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19304062 - 12/20/13 05:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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XLCaps said:
There's 5 books actually.





No shit? hm. you mean counting egg and whatever? or...

EDIT: man I had to slog through that. Just endless pages about food...


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19304078 - 12/20/13 05:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

A Song Of Ice And Fire is 4 books then A Dance With Dragons is technically two parts but i got it as 1


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19304221 - 12/20/13 06:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Dance with Dragons is part of A song of ice and fire..


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: TheMovement]
    #19304243 - 12/20/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Sorry was a couple months since I read them, am too lazy to Google.
Walked around the house, have all my stuff in boxes right now....


Believe I slogged through 4 books...next one to be out sometime next
year? Decent books by the way, if a little wordy...


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: SuperSillyUs]
    #19306302 - 12/21/13 03:45 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Tom Cruises sword


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19306316 - 12/21/13 03:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I love the look of a long, thin japanese 'samurai' sword...  Seem so exaggeratedly long and unrealistic, but sleek and stylin'.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #19306365 - 12/21/13 04:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Saraccen swords or swords originating from India. Is this from any particular timeperiod?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19306409 - 12/21/13 04:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Do do doo dooo!


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19306498 - 12/21/13 05:32 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Swords are like a completely garbage weapon,

If you aren't using an Axe or a Warhammer after you've used up all your arrows, you are a dead man.

Truth is, swords are garbage against any serious armor and only the piercing power of an axe or warhammer is worth your time against a guy with armor.

Swords are mostly ceremonial, imo.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306606 - 12/21/13 06:46 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

"Swords are mostly ceremonial", are you being serious?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods] * 1
    #19306608 - 12/21/13 06:47 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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"Swords are mostly ceremonial", are you being serious?




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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: CosmicJoke]
    #19306620 - 12/21/13 06:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I wasn't asking if swords were really ceremonial, I was asking if he was really being serious.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19306642 - 12/21/13 06:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

When I say swords are mostly ceremonial
I mean the value in them comes primarily for the symbolism
as a serious weapon, they are not as good or as useful as an axe or warhammer.

Sure, people used them for weapons
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306651 - 12/21/13 07:02 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Oh, okay.

Well sure, that makes sense.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19306658 - 12/21/13 07:08 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Not to say a swordsman CAN'T win a fight against an Axemen or Warhammerman,
how ever, if I was struck in the head or body with a weapon, the edge of the sword is probably not going to break my plate mail or helmet,
but you can be damn sure that warhammer or axe will get through.

Warhammers and Axes are like medieval can openers.

I also say they are ceremonial is because who the hell wants to be knighted by a warhammer? I also think because they are symmetrical and phallic shaped may have something to do with there reverence.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: teamkiller]
    #19306662 - 12/21/13 07:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

katana


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: LordSenate] * 1
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306692 - 12/21/13 07:26 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Not to say a swordsman CAN'T win a fight against an Axemen or Warhammerman,
how ever, if I was struck in the head or body with a weapon, the edge of the sword is probably not going to break my plate mail or helmet,
but you can be damn sure that warhammer or axe will get through.

Warhammers and Axes are like medieval can openers.

I also say they are ceremonial is because who the hell wants to be knighted by a warhammer? I also think because they are symmetrical and phallic shaped may have something to do with there reverence.




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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306751 - 12/21/13 07:47 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The Moro Kris.

The Spanish conquistadors invaded the Philippines in the early 1500's.
They conquered the Visayan(northern) islands in a period of roughly seven years.
Then Magellan set forth to conquer the southern Phillippines including the Moro islands. He was killed on the first island he landed on. This began a 377 year resistance of the Moros vs the Spanish. In 1899 The Spanish sold the Philippines to America. This enraged the Moro's, as their lands had never been conquered. The Moros conducted an 18 year armed resistance against the American military. Finally by 1917 most of the resisting Moros were chased into their mud and bamboo forts in the mountains, and blasted to pieces with artillery. There are records as late as 1936 of the American military using bombers to destroy Moro bandits in their mountain "cottas".

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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Heffy]
    #19306766 - 12/21/13 07:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

They wouldn't stand a chance against a samurai.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: TheMovement]
    #19306768 - 12/21/13 07:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Dance with Dragons is part of A song of ice and fire..



I was like 10 years or some shit. lol technically you're right but I don't feel that way. It seems a little different than the rest.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19306770 - 12/21/13 07:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Also,

Morrowind :thumbup:


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Heffy]
    #19306773 - 12/21/13 07:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Back in the day people actually used war hammers and axes 100X more than swords. Swords were more a sign of high status and just worn like jewelry. Only the most battle proficient warriors were given swords to use in battle because they were expensive to make, hard to wield correctly and took more training than any other weapon and ultimately in inexperienced hands they really weren't worth a shit. I'd carry a nuclear bomb.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306778 - 12/21/13 07:55 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Swords are like a completely garbage weapon,

If you aren't using an Axe or a Warhammer after you've used up all your arrows, you are a dead man.

Truth is, swords are garbage against any serious armor and only the piercing power of an axe or warhammer is worth your time against a guy with armor.

Swords are mostly ceremonial, imo.



Horseshit.
What percentage of soldiers do you think fought in full plate mail?
You realize that in many countries, you can't wear full plate because you will asphyxiate?
historically Killing a knight in full plate usually meant forcing them to the ground, and finding a gap in the armor you could stab your dagger through.
Fighting in full harness is more like wrestling than a weapon style.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: GreySatyr]
    #19306781 - 12/21/13 07:56 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Swords damage easier as well. One parry and you've got yourself a trip to the blacksmith. With a warhammer all you really need to worry about immediately is the condition of the shaft.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19306782 - 12/21/13 07:57 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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They wouldn't stand a chance against a samurai.



How do you figure?
The Moros had much higher quality steel.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Apollyphelion]
    #19306985 - 12/21/13 08:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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When I say swords are mostly ceremonial
I mean the value in them comes primarily for the symbolism
as a serious weapon, they are not as good or as useful as an axe or warhammer.

Sure, people used them for weapons
but they are not that great a weapon when compared to other handheld options.




Everywhere else but Feudal Europe. At that there are a lot of stories here (& Guldensporenslag) how knights would just sink in the mud.. Not exactly useful being heavily loaded with a battle axe and steel.

I'm not wearing heavy duty armour in the desert, the moist jungle or in the ice cold!

Swords are brittle though, that is annoying and i'd prefer an axe too :tongue2:

On second thought not 'a' saraccen sword but preferably a Byzantine or one from the Moors :yesnod:


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Beanhead]
    #19307145 - 12/21/13 09:40 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

guns>swords.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Heffy]
    #19307163 - 12/21/13 09:47 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Into The Woods said:
They wouldn't stand a chance against a samurai.



How do you figure?
The Moros had much higher quality steel.




Because



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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19307168 - 12/21/13 09:50 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If you want to argue quality, I would be surprised to hear if many have not at least heard of Damascus steel.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: larry.fisherman]
    #19307173 - 12/21/13 09:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Fuck the steel, it's the warrior who bears it.


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19307189 - 12/21/13 09:57 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The sword of a thousand truths!


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Chimaira]
    #19309549 - 12/21/13 09:07 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The sword of a thousand truths!



South Park reference?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: FruitOfLife]
    #19309629 - 12/21/13 09:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

A Damascus sword made in the Middle East, the first known use of nanotechnology and they didn't even know it!!


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Ayahuascasoul]
    #19309644 - 12/21/13 09:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

If you were to be a question asker, what kind of question?


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Re: If you had to go back in time and be a swordsmen, what kind of sword? [Re: Distorted Vision]
    #19309653 - 12/21/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Something light. With a light sheild.  I'm agile but in the days of kings and Queens I woumd have been an archer.


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