What is your favorite weapon from history? I'd post this on /k/ but I feel like I'd get a better response here

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that is a really cool sword, the messer is also really cool

Were halberd used in the same way? Were they used in any other way?

yeah the swiss army used halberds a lot, basically a spear with added functionality

It would be cool to see how.

look at this big ass impractical motherfucker

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well the spike on the top is used for stabbing, the axe was used for chopping, and the hook on the back was for grabbing people off of their horses and throwing them to the ground

Halberds were used on foot.

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i always thought artillery swords were interesting since they look like a medieval weapon but were used in the civil war and ww1 (not sure about ww2)

>impractical
DYEL.

For me, it's the McChicken

practicality, a halberd

Kampilan

underrated post

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Inserts schimitar

>Gladius
It translates into penis, obviously it’s for thrusting!

a man with taste

my snider carbine

the noble katana, the finest weapon to grace this plane of existence

Truly the greatest fast food sandwich.

Francisque

>schimitar
>is a generic term

*teleports behind you*

Well it's a generic sword, i didnt mean the one from the photo specifically, i meant schimitar in general

Feelio?

not a sword

All you need is comfy viking axe.

>sail the oceans
>raid christ fag monasteries for loot
>steal a cute wench and bring her back to the longhouse
>get drunk every night
>life is good

Feeling a bit edgy today aren't we?

Primarily used as a secondary weapon for mounted bowman but also quite useful with a kite shield

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>i meant schimitar in general
So everything curved from central and south asia.

Lebel rifle, Maxim gun and 75mm modèle 1897.
They changed war.

A nice long sword.

The Egyptian shotel.
Created to inflict the most damage/pain on a human body.
Great defensive weapon to break a opponents guard
>way better then a babbys first gladius

Pic related.

BASED

i like the spears

more like

DYEZ ?

Shotels were Ethiopian, not Egyptian

Pikefags worst nightmare

This, the egyptian weapon is a Kopesh
>Sorry gents, but you picked a negro sword

>fantasy weapons
>ugly replicas

Bad form! Why don't you niggers post pics of real Veeky Forumstoric weapons?

Nobody cares what you think

Someone once told me that they were actually horrible melee weapons, something about the balance being completely off. IDK

They're just short swords they seem like a good idea to me.

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is this better

Iklwa

Pretty much the epitome of spear design.

Yes

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Basket hilt swords

kek, I have that drill bit.

wtf is a drill bit that looks like that supposed to do?

Bit short for a spear.

Still counts!

Drills wood.

The khopis, falx, and rapier are three weapons I would fuck if I had the imagination to figure out how.

Bec de corbin takes an honorary mention because I've already found a way to fuck one.

Yatagan, shishka, and the 1796 pattern, love me some curved blades.

It's a close call between the halberd and billhook

Looks like a sword on a stick. I love it, probably doesn't as much in the way as a spear in formations.

FUCK your armor. Fuck ALL of it.

Gonna slash some fucking romaboos with my falcata

*except shields

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>you will never grapple with a samurai in full plate, wrestle his sword to the ground and use the leverage to snap the katana in half with your foot before wrestling him to the ground and violently shoving your longsword right through his shitty armor

why live

how does that fit inside the scabbard

A boar spear isn't a fantasy weapon you idiot. It's just a modern spear used by insane cunts who want to be gored by their game.

MEN OF HARLECH STOP YOUR DREAMING

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Behold, the last western battlefield sword ever designed.

well, almost

>Daddy's home!

>ugly replicas
and thats what you posted, a shit replica from cold steel.
here, have real boar spear

If it's functional that means it was made not too long ago so that means that's a replica too since it isn't from the "period" where it was predominantly used.

do vehicles count?

It is a Saufeder, which is a hunting weapon currently in use. this one is orientated on the classic shape and construction and not some Chinese sheet metal junk.
Get some taste glands Negro.

It's not even a replica, dumbass. Its literally a modern spear.

What you're posting is LITERALLY a replica it's trying to mimic a historical spear.

I always though the kopis was badass, like a big kukri almost.

Could just be because I was a huge greekaboo growing up, still am today.

Calling something a replica does not mean it's of shoddy construction or in any way necessarily intended as show or display item. That isn't what the word replica means, is what I'm saying.

short slashing swords that can't thrust well are literally worst swords. Slashing-only weapons are pleb-tier for killing peasants, not warriors

You sound like one of those people who won't touch a Katana "unless it was made by a Japanese master."

It could thrust, in fact the Romans admired it for being a slashing sword that could thrust.

The Mauser C96 automatic pistol with a stock.

Sure, I'll tell that to everyone who made a short slashing sword.

Who were mostly, you know, warriors. From Greek Hoplites to Southeast Asian warrior castes.

>It is a Saufeder
Do you know what the German wiki page for Saufeder goes to when you hit for the English page?

To Boar Spear.

You are literally posting a replica while bitching at some guy for liking a replica when the other guy it the one not posting a replica.

kys

wtf is the little hook on the tip of the kampilan for? It looks like it would hinder a thrust.

Wtf is the difference between these two?

^You^ just got rekt by this guy

Still the best.

Does anyone know if there was an actual reason for the kris swerving the way it does? Or was it more of an intimidation thing?