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Ironic, though, given that I am a pirate... sort of.YARR YARR FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
BEING A PIRATE IS ALL RIGHT WITH ME
DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE
YOU ARE A PIRATE
I don't mind, I can wait a looooooong time. I'll probably get something generic.
Not that there's anything wrong with generic.
I mean, it's generic for a reason, right? RIGHT?
The sword, buckler
and funny hairstyle. Contrary to popular belief, this combination wasn't restricted to civilian violence and duels, but was used in war as well. See, a standard shield must be made of wood, as it's too large to be viable as a steel implement. The smaller buckler, however, can be entirely made of steel and therefore makes it superior in close combat given skillful hands. Under the German perspective, bucklers and single-swords were wielded as a single "unit" and were only separated when necessary or beneficial. Therefore, your buckler travels with your sword as you strike and defend, only moving away when it proves advantageous. A versatile, later Medieval combination that makes for brilliant self-defense.I can see that you're a man who appreciates brutality, Neo. So have this:
The zweihander is evidence that Germans have an enviable sense of hyperbole. It's like a longsword, but more. If the longsword is where swords meet short polearms, the zweihander is where they meet large ones. With a large riccasso and a secondary crossguard courtesy of the blade spikes, one can lengthen the fulcrum force with a sort of secondary hilt function. In layman's terms, that means you can hit hard without committing extra physical strength to the blow. Historically speaking, zweihanders were the favoured sword type of the German landsknechte, elite mercenaries who flattened all other infantry -- including the elite Swiss pikemen, who were otherwise the terror of Central Europe.
The zweihander, ladies and gentlemen. An eloquent and graceful design channelled into pure brutality.
This is an estoc. A variation on the longsword, its blade is entirely blunt save for the tip. The rational is that it's a thrusting weapon with a diamond-shape cross-section (as opposed to the usual hexagonal-shaped one) designed to support powerful thrusts. This is a battlefield weapon meant to get into the gaps of armour or puncture unarmed foes from a distance. If the lack of a sharpened edge worries you, you're not out of striking options; flip it in your hands and wield it by the blade. In exactly the same way as a longsword, the estoc can be used to deliver crushing blunt force attacks with the pommel and crossguard. This weapon is thought to be the cerebral precursor to the rapier in two-handed weapon format, although the rapier still included a cutting edge.
Also, I like that I got a stabby sword, since I used to do épée fencing.
Isn't the buckler itself also used as a weapon, able to be bashed into the foe to get them further away?