[quote=“Laughing Fool, post:7852, topic:42”][quote=“Random_dragon, post:7850, topic:42”]Logic is a derpdragon’s greatest weapon. o3o
And now, back to figuring out the ideal bash/cut damage for a proper naginata…[/quote]
Naginata is japanese, so it’s obviously supposed to be much stronger than the european weapons, but still weaker than katana.[/quote]
That’s really not historically accurate. The Japanese did have amazing swordsmithing… which was required to make a decent sword from the crap metal the used (hence all the talk about “folding”).
The European swords were of quite similar quality, but with A) different purpose (they had metal armor to contend with, which the Japanese swords didn’t) and B) much less work required, due to the higher quality metal. European smiths didn’t HAVE to be amazing to make decent swords because they had better materials.
Now, in the modern era, a katana made with modern steel would indeed, for many purposes, be superior to a European-style sword.
Obviously I’m simplifying a bit - there were many styles of European sword over several millenia, but the typical one that people think of was the “longsword” of the heavily-armored knight era, and I’d definitely take that over a katana against a heavily metal-armored opponent, even with same-quality steel.
