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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Swords look cooler. Almost no one used a sword on the battle field throughout history. Everyone used pole arms of some sort. But swords seem cool, so get much more attention.

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PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The Japanese used katanas as their daily carry weapon of choice. In fact, samurai would carry two swords with them!

However they had a very low crime rate. Ironic.

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- JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  But not on the battlefield, they’d use naginata or something like it for that.
  
  a naginata
  
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  - TrundleTheGreat@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Another naginta
    
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- NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  For many it was very much ceremonial and status symbol to carry them though and the wakisashi was more or less never used at all.
  
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