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I always find certain weapons like the hook sword shown at the bottom to be interesting as they don't show up in other cultures, although the straight sword is
by 7thaccount 7y ago
I always find certain weapons like the hook sword shown at the bottom to be interesting as they don't show up in other cultures, although the straight sword is pretty much available across the globe. Did it excel in some manner for the threats in China that were less relevant elsewhere? Maybe better armor in the west would have made it less relevant?
- saagarjha 7y agoCurved swords are quite common in Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese cultures. They're not exclusively Chinese.
- Leary 7y agoEven the Europeans used curved swords: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre Generally curved swords are better at slashing and straight swords better at thrusting, which is particularly useful against weak points in armors.
- bane 7y agoOP is talking about these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword
- credit_guy 7y agoI guess the OP meant this hook sword https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/chinese-hook-sword https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/chinese-hook-sword It does have a strange shape, and indeed I don't think I saw anything similar in other cultures.
- saagarjha 7y agoAh, that makes more sense. I was looking for a sword "near the bottom" of the article itself and saw just the curved sword; the hook sword was past the end.
- 7thaccount 7y agoAh, I shouldn't been more descriptive lol
- trianglem 7y agoThis is more of an axe than a sword.
- ckcheng 7y agoAre you looking at it backwards? I think the axe looking part is a guard for the hands. See how it's held: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword
- Leary 7y agooh.. Well, here's a kinda similar European version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_(weapon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_(weapon)
- chewxy 7y agoThis looks like a pre-Bat'leth.
- 7thaccount 7y agoI think Worf does have some smaller versions of these in an episode (one for each hand).
- 7thaccount 7y agoYes, I'm well aware that curved swords are common (scimitar, calvary saber, katana, wakizashi...etc), but that hook sword is just out there.
- dirtyid 7y agoI think op was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/chinese-hook-sword https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/chinese-hook-sword There's a fun fight with it in Crouching Tiger.
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