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Sword must be high-level (Ironlily) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cool as they are, we have very little evidence these were used historically or were actual combat weapons.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Umm...

Surviving sharpened examples point to actual use as weapons, but their rarity, and the training necessary to use them, strongly suggest that they were only rarely used as such.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That sounds like very little evidence to me. Literally doesn't even have a citation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On one hand, this does point out that there is at least some evidence suggesting they were actually used as weapons.

On the other hand, this also exemplifies exactly why they were so uncommon. Even if you could use them in combat, I imagine any benefit gained from the hook is drastically outweighed by the extra complications to fighting with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well depends. If you don't plan on stabbing a hook is great to get around shields. Make it a more choppy of slicing sword.