katanas aren't designed for battlefield use, they're for katana vs. katana duels

No

I think the design of the katana is a result of the poor resources that japan had. say, if they had better metal, I'm sure they would have much more functional swords (as well as actual metal armor)

They were used for situations where you'd want a sword.

@Schedrevka what do you expect? It aired on RTL2, the german channel best known for its horrible reality tv series.

had they been designed for battle instead of say aesthetics they would have straight hilts

Yeah, like I said before I just wouldn't take any TV show on this sort of thing seriously

What

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not sure when i would need a sword

You really think someone is going to put their life on the line over aesthetics?

Fllly me to the moooon

People depended on those weapons for generations

uwu swords

*katanas were only ever used to kill unarmored peasants, change my mind*

so you're saying they were useful?

There's something to be said for Japan's lack of expirimentation and strict traditionalism, but they're fine weapons

yes

fine given the resources they had

No, just fine in general.

you think this was the most efficient armor design out there, and that sacrifices weren't made for the sake of aesthetics?

japan is fine with weaponry until they try to make a nambu hehe

I never said it was the best armor out there.

>You really think someone is going to put their life on the line over aesthetics?

yes

I do believe that

because when I look at the armor they wore

it's pretty clear to me sacrifices in weight, protection, visibility, etc. were made in favor of aesthetics

little known fact: samurais were equally archers as they were swordsmen

yup

bows, now THAT is a battlefield weapon

I'm not educated enough in Japanese warfare to know why they made their armor as they do. I am however educated enough to know that you aren't either

also spears

*spears*

pointy stick, tried and true

Spears were the king of the battlefield no question there

spears sort of fall under polearms, and yeah

Any weapon on a pole is a polearm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQlg8RgkkA

Except maybe handgonnes

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