This might me /k/ shit, but what kind of swords looked the most aesthetically pleasing? I don't care about what was the best longsword vs katana bullshit. I just want to see really pretty swords.
Hook Swords
style or individual piece? i would go sutton hoo sword. or migration period spathas generally.
>>1094741
All I can think of when I see those is Dynasty Warriors.
Tbqh, it's the Claymores or the Zweihanders for me.
It's so simple, yet aesthetically pleasing. Might be because I like minimalism in general though.
Weaponry from South and Southeast Asia is highly underrated from an aesthetic standpoint.
My personal favourite.
Perfectly preserved sword of a Chinese king who lived ~2500 years ago.
>>1094809
>>1094812
>>1094726
Anything made from crucible steel
>>1094809
Fuck yeah, Patas are badass
How a decorative sword-glove has never made it into popular culture is beyond me
The Falcata to me, so sexy.
>>1094888
That's quite clearly a kopis.
>>1094889
Nope,they are clearly different,both are Makhairas (than seem to be original from Illiria) than were adapted be the greeks and later the Iberians to they tastes, Kopis are normally only for chopping and tend to be larger, falcatas have a false edge in the tip, have plenty of fullers to give it rigidity and take out weight and were all tailored to the owner (the blade as long as the tip of the fingers plus to the end of the forearm). Plus the handguard tended to be guarded with a little chain.
Another cool looking sword right there too.
>>1094908
'twas a joke about their similar appearances.
>>1094921
In the chans you never know for sure desu, I prefer to err in the I'm talking to an ignorant until proven otherwise (unless it smells to troll too much).
I forgot to say than falcatas were used for stabbing too, in this one you can see fully the fullers and false edge. Shame no one makes affordable replica falcatas of a good enough quality too.
>>1094726
basically any basket-hilted straight sword
>>1094804
Seconding this.
Look at this beauty, i can fap all day with this picture
Not really swords, but something about the shape and simplicity of the langseax really does it for me.
Folded over 1000 times etc
>>1094809
This got me interested, and it turns out Ancient Indians had some really crazy weapons in their mythologies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_(weapon)
>>1094949
>unironically liking double edged swords
>liking something that is literally a phrase for something stupid
>having no combat tact
Single edge master race
>>1095064
I agree somewhat, but Katanas are literally a meme weapon.
>>1094726
Obviously late-medieval/Renaissance longswords.
>>1094741
Man, I love those swords!
You could say...I'm hooked.
>>1095076
Awesome.
>>1094744
I bet that's what Excalibur, if it existed, would have really looked like.
>>1094975
I love the lore behind the kris dagger
The wavy pattern is supposed to represent a dancing dragon as opposed to regular straight swords which are calm dragons. It's also described to be the combination of all nature's elements. In the forging process metal is brought from earth molten by fire that's stoked by wind and cooled down in water. There's tons of cool stuff about this blade.
>>1095135
>that wavy line in a long sword
why
>>1094726
The oxtail dao is the shittest of dao swords.
Disregard the wrong material, khopesh is still the sexiest
>>1095092
the sword is saxon and the legend is brythonic so i doubt it. i'm pretty sure that that hilt style is almost purely germanic and celts made their's as more like late roman spathas or traditional celtic longswords, correct me if i'm wrong.
>>1094804
Amen
>>1094726
>>1094946
Agreed, specifically on the schiavona, a more beautiful weapon there never was.
>>1095226
>khopesh
Invented by egyptions around 1300, not ancient times.
>>1096712
Bruh thats ancient
>>1095064
Chinese would tell you that mastering Dao is easier than mastering a Jian, which means that thin straight swords are true master race.
>>1095226
Catch, with right material.
>>1097949
And one more freshly looking.
>>1094813
This Anon knows. Weapons with bling are the best.
>>1096712
What the fuck are you on about the Khopesh dates back to like 2500 BC.
>>1095166
Which one is from Tang dynasty? I'm curious because I've been told that the Katana is basically derived from the Tang dynasty dao which supposedly looks like a straight katana. Can't type chink words.
>>1096712
the fuck?
>>1095147
Lol Messers
>>1097938
Chinese don't know shit about swords.
>>1094842
it's not decorative.
it goes over your wrist and stablizes your hand and arm, basically a lever.
>>1095577
Hngggggg
>>1096712
Didn't Hyksos use the Khopesh before the Egyptians?
>>1094842
"Swords are just an extension of your arm" "Yeah but what if it was literal"
>>1100391
Probably Sappara.
>>1100206
They definitely knew more than Japanese.
>>1100587
That's not saying much lel.
Non-katana-meme japanese sword?
How about the odachi?
Norimitsu Ôdachi
lenght 377cm
cutting edge 226cm
weight 14.5kg
>>1095577
>>1095135
>>1094946
excellent posts my dudes
>>1094726
Here's my 2 cents.
>>1100677
size comparison
>>1100687
It's a marlinspike rapier. From polinesia I think.
>>1099018
唐朝刀
The variation on saber designs only happened in the 800's or so. But the T'ang Period saw the appearance of Zhangdao (Long dao) sabers that required two hands.
This is a replica. Most T'ang blades are found without their fittings/hilts possibly having rotted away for some time.
>>1094943
Here are some I saw in the Museo Arqueológico de Córdoba.
>>1100701
That's beautiful
>>1101671
Nope. There were long ones as well. Like what I said, the era saw the first appearance of the Zhangdao.
Although in terms of two handed swords, the double edged version was more popular in the time period.
>>1101682
Wanna learn something interdasting: look at the lugs from which you hang a sword on your baldric: shit ain't Chinese.
During the T'ang Period, loads of Persians were fleeing the Muslim conquest, with many high notables ending up in China. They were treated well and the last Sassanid Prince, Narsieh, was made a member of the Imperial Guards of the T'ang Emperor.
One of their influences is the double lugs that allowed a sword to hang at an angle easily, which the Chinese considered as improvement over the knotwork + peg method of hanging swords on your side.
>>1101702
The ones popular in Japan seems to be the shorter variety, I could be wrong but all the examples of chukoto Ive seen are relatively short compared to early tachi
>>1101732
Here's a replica of a Sassanid sword to show you its origins.
>>1101734
They are short because they are based off the single handers aristocrats would use. Two handers are grunt swords to the Chinese.
>>1101732
What about the design of the blade? What made the Chinese back then decide to use a single edged straight sword for war? What kind of unit was it deployed in and how was it used? I remember reading it was given to heavy infantry and paired with a shield.
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>>1095023
Double-edged falchions are awesome.
>>1101737
In comparison, this is how the Chinese wore their swords from the Han to late Nanbeichao Period. Though sword is a bit way too high in the computer generated drawing here.
>>1101742
Makes sense, it was probably only the elite that could afford imported swords from China and Korea, and the first native blades would have been copies of these.
before the tachi there was also a very curved short sword that was a native development, but the name escapes me at the moment
>>1101732
Yeah I knew of the Sassanid exiles. That lug fact is new and interesting. China and Persia always shared lots of things in common. Heck, both the countries have run into different forms of radicalism in modern history.
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>>1100677
I'm a big fan of the Japanese straight sword, the chokuto.
>>1101757
When the Chinese invented the Dao, it was meant to be a sword for the use of Grunts since supposedly, a single edge is easier to master than a double edged blade.
It got really popular due to the influence of the Turkic Dynasties during the chaos of the Nanbeichao Period, in which China was split into numerous warring dynasties in quick succession, with Northern ones tending to be Turkic, while Southern ones tend to be native, though they had plenty of infighting.
Why that was the case was because the Turkic Dynasties like the Toba Wei of the North loved its used as a cavalry weapon. Other Chinese factions took the hint though the Double Edged Blade was in high regard still.
IMO late Ming was the time Single Edged swords dominated the field. Largely due to Mongol/Japanese influence + earlier Chinese notions of single edged = easy to train swords.
