all swords have some kind of hilt

but normal hilts do jack shit to protect your fingers

yeah like i said im more kali lol, but yeah for simulating sword fighting yeah a guard like thats is good

so if you suck youre ginna get ganked

unless you from china and you have cut little guards

You'd have to be very tiny, lu, otherwise your hand ain't fitting in that with the gauntlet on

thats the point

you dont need a gauntlet

if you have one of those

or if you have a guntlet

you dont need one of those

Fuck you, you're using a gauntlet

ive never used a gauntlet tho

ive used wristguards

combined with one of those cup hilts

works well enough

So uh

You guys do hema+

Yall niggas gay

Time for atheism posting

Don't think a gauntlet will fit in basket or cup hilt

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@Anubis what odd timing

historically if ur in full platemail you are probably not using a rapier though so guantlet doesnt really make sense too much with a sword

sadly none in my area as far as I know

I KNOW THAT GOD EXISTS

That's not protective enough. When dealing with improvised weapons, you cannot predict where they will hit

@JackH670 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/505114744542461983/615310345120120852/edens_smc.webm

And any exposed skin is vulnerable to whatever they splash you with

if youre using a cup hilt

ONE TIME I ALMOST DROWNED AND GOD SAVED ME

youre gonna use one of these

http://www.shop.mastereirik.com/images/15391067418481125649207.jpeg

Rapier is a civilian weapon would be impractical against armored enemies

armoured enemies virtually didnt exist by that point

with the exception of the very popular curaiss

armour had died out by then

I WAS ABOUT TO DROWN AND GOD GAVE ME THE SPONTANEOUS ABILITY TO SWIM

and a curaiss leaves a bunch of arteries and all your limbs exposed

@Anubis mood tbh