>Why would you use this garbage over let's say a spear or bow and arrow?
Skall about swords
Expensive, difficult to master and maintain.
If you aren't a noble or a professional soldier then there really isn't any reason to use a sword over an axe and spear.
>>1394737
There is no reason to use an axe either.
>>1394728
I wouldn't use that faggot furry for anything but genocide practice.
Lol you guys, why not use diplomacy instead :)
>>1394739
But an axe is not expensive, difficult to master or hard to maintain.
Effectiveness, that's another thing...
>>1394739
1. It's multipurpose, not just good at combat.
2. It has a lot of armor piercing qualities, can more easily punch through hard leather.
>>1394841
>leather armor
you take your historical knowledge from Skyrim right?
>>1394728
>revisionist history that fits his bullshit "muh viking blood" fantasy
>everything molded to fit this fantasy
pls no
> not using whip sword
> supersonic speed
> sharpest than any blade
Truly patricean weapon
Ideally you would use the sword as well as a spear or a bow.
Swords are versatile and highly practical for close-quarters combat.
>>1396150
Spelling's for plebs
>>1396152
I'd rather use a kitchen knife it's cheaper and about as useful in combat.
>>1394728
Isn't he Canadian.
>>1396234
He is living in Canada, he is a german citizen tho
>>1394728
A sword and shield beats a spear in most fights really.
>>1396246
That's exactly why it never happened right?
>>1396232
Only because the only thing you'd manage to stab is yourself.
>>1396250
Except when romans did it.
>>1396258
Ah the usual ''muh Romans'' response. Also one exception does not make it a rule.
>>1396258
The Romans facing the spears head on would always get pushed back, Roman formations, were more flexible
You can strike faster with a sword than you can pull a spear out of someone and strike someone else with it. This is critical in mounted combat especially.
>>1394852
>Implying leather was never used to armor limbs
>>1396258
Until they abandoned it later.
>>1396910
>implying it was
>>1396244
Thought he was from a nordic country?
>>1396955
He is a german that came to norway when he was 18 or something.
He met his future wife from canada there
>>1396911
Right around the time they started to suck oddly enough
>Why would you use this garbage over let's say a spear or bow and arrow?
I always wonder what kind of accent he has
Would you marry a disgusting green-haired troll if it meant you would become rich?
>>1398347
>139.500 pounds a year
>rich
Your dad must not work in oil.
>>1398355
He does not, no.
>>1398362
Sucks
>tfw you dont care about bernie's "free college" cuz you dont have to pay anyway
>>1394739
why not? axes were readily available and very effective
>>1399034
>very effective
for chopping trees yeah
>>1394739
axes are fucking brutal as fuck
>>1398168
no he isn't. he's norwegian living in norway.
>>1399841
ever see a butcher's cleaver?
that is essentially what actual battle axes do, felling axes weren't used in combat except in extreme duress (lol randumb vikings jump me in the woods) unless they had their side metal reduced to make them lighter, making them useless for felling but pretty good at hewing flesh.
>>1398339
A thing that hasn't actually been proven to exist without it being attached to some other metal armour.
>>1399859
Yes all these great military units from history which used axes really showed it. Oh wait there weren't any.
>>1394852
>>1399885
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard
a significant number of dudes in pic related have poleaxes.
>>1399896
Buff coats arent exactly brown tight leather armour
>>1399915
so... because real life leather armour doesn't look like the biker gang stuff you see in movies and videogames it doesn't count?
>>1399935
yes
>>1399912
The same guard that got rekt by turkroaches. Such fierce warriors.
I just want to point out that wood chopping axes and battleaxes are very different. Using a wood choping axe in combat is really dumb
>>1399939
why not?
>>1399944
>le goalposts meme
>>1399973
peasant militias didn't exist. only examples that fit even close are peasant rebellions and random lynch mobs.
>>139984>>1399846
Blondie decapitated a brown haired, what neanderthal? This pic is Bit racial right?
>>1399989
They clearly showed that axes are dog shit.
>>1399935
yep more or less
>>1399896
Buffcoat was worn during the 1700 you fuk
>>1399999
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