#Halo reddit sabre or broadsword free#

They're very fast and effective at killing. Sabers will take a limb off with very little effort. You can skewer someone and they may still take your head off before they die. You can stab someone 20 times before they collapse from blood loss. Their most lethal use is stabbing, but stabbing has very little stopping power. Often the duels were ended at first blood, meaning if you just scratched the other person, you'd win. That's why they're light-weight, long and fast. Rapiers were designed as less lethal duel weapons. Usually they don't even have any university degrees in the subjects they teach on Youtube. They are nerds with almost zero life skills. They're not experts, and they're not historians. You really shouldn't trust Youtubers on anything. If you're carrying the weapon as a sidearm, using it in a many on many encounter, or using it on horseback all of these attributes are more important than stuff that might be very influential in one-on-one combat (such as a reach advantage or hand protection).

#Halo reddit sabre or broadsword free#

I am also told (but have no practical experience) that the heavy curve makes it more likely a sword will free itself from a cut that doesn't go through the target. Most 'sabres' (which is a HUGE set of swords) compared to a rapier will be: easier to draw, easier to carry, easier to deliver a heavy cut with. Rapiers are actually a bit of an outlier in terms of how many compromises of convenience they make (they're a pain to carry around, they take a really strong forearm to use, they require better form relative to a curved blade to deliver a strong cut, etc etc) to eke out advantages in a 1v1 setting. It's important to remember that (especially military) swords are not always optimized for one-on-one duels - so ease of carry and ease of use matter.