my guns are as important to me as my car. if there is so much customization available to cars, why not to the primary weapon of most survivors?
one size of car doesn’t fit all situations, neither should a gun.[/quote]
The same can be said for a good blade. The right grip, hand-guard, or edge for you can mark the difference between a great sword and a worthless steel lump.[/quote]
I’ll agree with you there somewhat. we’re not engaging in melee combat with another weapon wielding opponent so few things that a sword or other ‘medieval’ weapons were made for are particularly useful
that being said a change of grip and sharpening of the edge could do wonders, but even a dull broadsword cuts flesh to an extent.[/quote]
You may be a gun geek, but you make a terrible sword fanatic.
A major part of the hand guard is punching your opponent in the face. More often than not, that is the only purpose, unless you are fighting a very skilled swordsman that can actually hit your tiny fingers on a fast moving object.[/quote]
You don’t actually have to aim for the fingers.
If a sword doesn’t have a handguard all they need to do is bash your sword and scrape down. It’s a dangerous manouvre (they’d lose leverage on your weapon, meaning you could get in a good poke to the face) but done right you lose all fingers at the joint. With a handguard, you’re entirely correct though.
Again, it all depends on the type of sword in question, but modifying a sword grip is a very technical matter if you don’t know what you’re doing and the benefit would be almost negligible unless the weapon in question came with a broken grip.
