DD666@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe Folding of Japanese Swords: Turning "Crap Materials" into Masterpieceslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down18
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSwords look cooler. Almost no one used a sword on the battle field throughout history. Everyone used pole arms of some sort. But swords seem cool, so get much more attention.
minus-squarePersnickityPenguin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe Japanese used katanas as their daily carry weapon of choice. In fact, samurai would carry two swords with them! However they had a very low crime rate. Ironic.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoBut not on the battlefield, they’d use naginata or something like it for that.
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Swords look cooler. Almost no one used a sword on the battle field throughout history. Everyone used pole arms of some sort. But swords seem cool, so get much more attention.
The Japanese used katanas as their daily carry weapon of choice. In fact, samurai would carry two swords with them!
However they had a very low crime rate. Ironic.
But not on the battlefield, they’d use naginata or something like it for that.
Another naginata
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