11-18-2013, 07:03 PM
hmmmmm… I think they were made to wound and kill. And any part of the blade could be used to do so. Of course the design is to stab and to stab with ease! Some have reported that it was only used for stabbing and not for slashing. Because the shield was used to block in one hand and the sword was in the other.
I don't know about you… but if i had to shuck my shield because it had spears through it, that sword is going to do more then stab. I would use it to block and defend as well as stab and slash.
Trained to stab a post… but on the battlefield that "Post" fights back! Of course it is not a fencing foil… but that blade is my best defense and offense and I would have to resort to using it as such.
I don't know about you… but if i had to shuck my shield because it had spears through it, that sword is going to do more then stab. I would use it to block and defend as well as stab and slash.
Trained to stab a post… but on the battlefield that "Post" fights back! Of course it is not a fencing foil… but that blade is my best defense and offense and I would have to resort to using it as such.
