based on stuff like uhhh

kukri's are pretty popular

yeah, which is why if it were turned it would make sense

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mst-open-fired.jpg

idk it seems fine, usually you aim to hit with the center area, but again, it's a video game weapon so 🤷🏻

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%2C_6%D0%9F28_%D0%9F%D0%A1%D0%A1_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BB_-_%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%9D_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD_01.jpg/1920px-%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%2C_6%D0%9F28_%D0%9F%D0%A1%D0%A1_%D0%92%D1%83%D0%BB_-_%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%9D_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD_01.jpg

oh, I was talking about the flintlock above it

The native americans actually made some clubs based off of rifle stocks since they work pretty well for that

ah that lmao

yeah

and i just thought of a great example too

Where's that from?

the philippenes

I was going to guess SEA

i fukkin love filipino weapons ngl

that or africa

Yeah they have some really unique ones

this is now pre-firearms chat

Theres quite the variety in melee weapons in SEA for some reason

Some areas just seemed to experiment more. Like india for example

well there''s a pretty big variety just about everywhere really

except the japs, who could only ever figure out 2 melee weapon designs

I mean its them making the most out of their meagre iron deposits

Hey, they had katanas, big katanas, small katanas, katanas on sticks... the list could go on!

Like, bladed, and spears?

That was it.

i really dislike japanese melee weapons, to the surprise of everyone i've ever met

They definitely have a certain elegance to them, but aside from gimmick weapons like kusarigama they really don't have much variety

I think they are overrated. But in their context, it was the best they could do

And I think they did a good job at that

They Ainu people had some interesting sword designs

yeah i'll give them that the design of the katana was effective for the materials they had

I think its reflective of their entire culture. Low metal deposits and quality meant having to make the most out of little.

Isolated nation, meant that they could count on almost everyone using the same designs.

Yeah, they didn't have much as far as resources go, but I think it's mainly their isolationism and traditionalism that led to their stagnant designs

So it became a skill competition, not a tech one

and a 'why fix what isn't broke' situation

It's very weird that shields weren't ever really used by the lesser armored troops though