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Maestro@kbin.socialto Anime@lemmy.ml•The Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieces1·2 years agoTrue, but swords (including longswords) are largely a backup weapon or ceremonial too. A sword doesn’t do much against maille or plate armour.
Maestro@kbin.socialto Anime@lemmy.ml•The Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieces9·2 years agoI have fought with many kinds of European blades, from longswords to zweihanders to sabres and foils. Some of these can be very light and thin. In fact, the average longsword weighs the same as the average katana: between 1.1 and 1.5 kg. But I’ll take the length, cross guard and double edge of a longsword over a katana every day.
Source: I practice HEMA
Maestro@kbin.socialto Anime@lemmy.ml•The Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieces6·2 years agoNo, like the original poster says, the fancy Japanese folding technique is just a way to make a decent blade from shitty impure steel. Once that is done, you have better steel. That’s all it does.
Maestro@kbin.socialto Anime@lemmy.ml•The Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieces19·2 years agoProbably still worse. European swordmaking is also very good. But since the european swords tend to be thicker and harder they will probably still beat katanas, all other things considered equal
Well, TIL