What is your favorite weapon from history? I'd post this

>>2674635
>250+ posts about whether it was for stabbing or slashing
BOTH YOU IDIOTS

>>2674649
yeah i really dont want the thread to turn into that

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>>2674635

>>2674676
a timeless classic

Lances are pretty cool but im not sure they were ever used as real weapons outside of competition.

The teachings of Islam.

>>2674680
>not sure they were ever used as real weapons outside of competition

seriously?

>>2674680
They were. They are basically just spears on horseback.

>>2674680
lances are fairly similar to spears, which were obviously used a lot

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>>2674686
that is a really cool sword, the messer is also really cool

>>2674683
>>2674684
Were halberd used in the same way? Were they used in any other way?

>>2674698
yeah the swiss army used halberds a lot, basically a spear with added functionality

>>2674702
It would be cool to see how.

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look at this big ass impractical motherfucker

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>>2674707
well the spike on the top is used for stabbing, the axe was used for chopping, and the hook on the back was for grabbing people off of their horses and throwing them to the ground

>>2674698
Halberds were used on foot.

>>2674707
www.youtube.com

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i always thought artillery swords were interesting since they look like a medieval weapon but were used in the civil war and ww1 (not sure about ww2)

>>2674711
>impractical
DYEL.

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For me, it's the McChicken

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practicality, a halberd

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Kampilan

>>2674681
underrated post

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Inserts schimitar

>>2674649
>Gladius
It translates into penis, obviously it’s for thrusting!

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>>2674893
a man with taste

my snider carbine

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the noble katana, the finest weapon to grace this plane of existence

>>2674797
Truly the greatest fast food sandwich.

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>>2674635
Francisque

>>2674902
>schimitar
>is a generic term

>>2674957
*teleports behind you*

>>2674964
Well it's a generic sword, i didnt mean the one from the photo specifically, i meant schimitar in general

>>2674797
Feelio?

>>2674691
>>2674686
not a sword

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All you need is comfy viking axe.

>sail the oceans
>raid christ fag monasteries for loot
>steal a cute wench and bring her back to the longhouse
>get drunk every night
>life is good

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>>2674681
Feeling a bit edgy today aren't we?

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Primarily used as a secondary weapon for mounted bowman but also quite useful with a kite shield

>>2674989
>i meant schimitar in general
So everything curved from central and south asia.

>>2674635
Lebel rifle, Maxim gun and 75mm modèle 1897.
They changed war.

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A nice long sword.

The Egyptian shotel.
Created to inflict the most damage/pain on a human body.
Great defensive weapon to break a opponents guard
>way better then a babbys first gladius

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>>2676521
Pic related.

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BASED

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i like the spears

>>267472
more like

DYEZ ?

>>2676521
>>2676524
Shotels were Ethiopian, not Egyptian

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Pikefags worst nightmare

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>>2676931
This, the egyptian weapon is a Kopesh
>Sorry gents, but you picked a negro sword

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>>2676934
>>2676908
>>2675107
>>2674960
>>2674841
>>2674686

>fantasy weapons
>ugly replicas

Bad form! Why don't you niggers post pics of real /his/toric weapons?

>>2675033
Nobody cares what you think

>>2674720
Someone once told me that they were actually horrible melee weapons, something about the balance being completely off. IDK

They're just short swords they seem like a good idea to me.

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>>2676967
is this better

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Iklwa

Pretty much the epitome of spear design.

>>2675249
Yes

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>>2674635

>>2674635
Basket hilt swords

>>2676934
kek, I have that drill bit.

>>2677146
wtf is a drill bit that looks like that supposed to do?

>>2677091
Bit short for a spear.

>>2677159
Still counts!

>>2677156
Drills wood.

The khopis, falx, and rapier are three weapons I would fuck if I had the imagination to figure out how.

Bec de corbin takes an honorary mention because I've already found a way to fuck one.

Yatagan, shishka, and the 1796 pattern, love me some curved blades.

It's a close call between the halberd and billhook

>>2677091
Looks like a sword on a stick. I love it, probably doesn't as much in the way as a spear in formations.

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FUCK your armor. Fuck ALL of it.

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Gonna slash some fucking romaboos with my falcata

>>2677313
*except shields

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>>2677469
>you will never grapple with a samurai in full plate, wrestle his sword to the ground and use the leverage to snap the katana in half with your foot before wrestling him to the ground and violently shoving your longsword right through his shitty armor

why live

>>2674851
how does that fit inside the scabbard

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>>2676967
A boar spear isn't a fantasy weapon you idiot. It's just a modern spear used by insane cunts who want to be gored by their game.

>>2674893
MEN OF HARLECH STOP YOUR DREAMING

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Behold, the last western battlefield sword ever designed.

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>>2677767
well, almost

>>2677133
>Daddy's home!

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>>2677724
>ugly replicas
and thats what you posted, a shit replica from cold steel.
here, have real boar spear

>>2677822
If it's functional that means it was made not too long ago so that means that's a replica too since it isn't from the "period" where it was predominantly used.

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do vehicles count?

>>2677840
It is a Saufeder, which is a hunting weapon currently in use. this one is orientated on the classic shape and construction and not some Chinese sheet metal junk.
Get some taste glands Negro.

>>2677822
It's not even a replica, dumbass. Its literally a modern spear.

What you're posting is LITERALLY a replica it's trying to mimic a historical spear.

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>>2674635
I always though the kopis was badass, like a big kukri almost.

Could just be because I was a huge greekaboo growing up, still am today.

>>2677853
Calling something a replica does not mean it's of shoddy construction or in any way necessarily intended as show or display item. That isn't what the word replica means, is what I'm saying.

>>2677884
short slashing swords that can't thrust well are literally worst swords. Slashing-only weapons are pleb-tier for killing peasants, not warriors

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>>2677853
You sound like one of those people who won't touch a Katana "unless it was made by a Japanese master."

>>2677901
It could thrust, in fact the Romans admired it for being a slashing sword that could thrust.

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The Mauser C96 automatic pistol with a stock.

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>>2677901
Sure, I'll tell that to everyone who made a short slashing sword.

Who were mostly, you know, warriors. From Greek Hoplites to Southeast Asian warrior castes.

>>2677853
>It is a Saufeder
Do you know what the German wiki page for Saufeder goes to when you hit for the English page?

To Boar Spear.

You are literally posting a replica while bitching at some guy for liking a replica when the other guy it the one not posting a replica.

kys

>>2677919
wtf is the little hook on the tip of the kampilan for? It looks like it would hinder a thrust.

>>2677884
>>2677347
Wtf is the difference between these two?

>>2677901
^You^ just got rekt by this guy>>2677919

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Still the best.

>>2677919
Does anyone know if there was an actual reason for the kris swerving the way it does? Or was it more of an intimidation thing?

>>2677944
Maybe they had crappy iron and wanted to put softer iron under tension so it would be stronger?

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>>2677853
Spear hunters don't give a shit, they just like to hunt game with a spear. An animal is as dead to a cheap Chinese spear as it is to an overengineered German one.

Sometimes, they make it themfuckingselves in a shed with power hammers, and a grinder.

>>2674841
boom

>>2677953
How the fuck do you over engineer a spear? It's literally a pointy stick.

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>>2677927
Crocodile tongue. A holdover from the Animism many Filipino tribes used to practice.

>>2677944
The shape has a religious significance. Kris weren't just weapons, they were often used as symbols of spiritual power. The blade was supposed to contain all elements, so the shape imitated water to show that.

Theoretically, it also means the blade has more surface area, which means a longer cutting surface. But that doesn't seem to be what Indonesians themselves thought it of it. It's a purely cultural thing.

>>2677959
I dunno, someone over there is bitching about a spear not being made historically.

>>2677964
Thanks for the clarification, that's actually pretty cool and makes the blade seem more beautiful to me in a way.

How do you get a spearhead onto a stick? The only way I know of fixing metal to wood is the axe way, i.e. wrapping the metal firmly around the wood/sanding the wood so it fits snuggly into a metal socket and then expanding the wood with another piece of metal so it holds the head in place.

But how do you do that with a spearhead?

>>2677919
Cuz it looks kewl. always find that Kampilan tip pretty cool

>>2674635
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk59imFr6yI

>>2677983
>>2677964
>>2677961

>design weapons based on how cool they look

No wonder the Philippines got COLONIZED so hard.

>>2677993
yes, I'm sure that one little design caused the Philippines to be conquered and not I dunno the superior firepower and spaniards taking advantage of the conflicts between native tribes.

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>>2674635
Even though they were even dangerous to wield to the person using it, I always thought the morningstar was really intimidating and had a menacing appearance, almost looks like a torture weapon imo.

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Mosin

Not even a Russiaboo, I just really like shooting it and cheap ammo.

>>2677993
The Kris was an Indonesian weapon

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>2676934
wtf is that?

>>2678047
billhook type thing

>>2678019
They were just unretarded nunchaku

>>2678057
that is so stupid

favorite melee weapon: twin hook swords
favorite ranged weapon: winchester lever action rifle
favorite non-intended weapon: baseball bat

favorite overall weapon if I had to pick one for any scenario: a combat knife

>>2678018
Oh it isn't just the design it's what it signifies, if they can't be analytical when it comes to weapon design which are the tools they keep to notdie, wtf does the rest of their civilization look like?

>>2678077
>lever action rifle
blunt ammo, crappy reload

>>2678087
what's wrong with blunt ammo, /k/?

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>>2678083
well, the main weapon of theirs tend to be the spear,which is the pinnacle of melee weapon design, not the sword.

>wtf does the rest of their civilization look like?
I Cri Evrytiem

>>2678019
>even dangerous to wield to the person using it
This is why you usually only see the 'final boss' with one. They must take a lot of skill to weld properly but also to survive with. Once you made your strike, then what? Were they always used with a shield? Were they ever used in conjucntion with a sword, duel-welding if you know what i mean?

>>2678110
You can't stab someone with blunt bullets anon

You just can't

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pretty rad design

>>2678227
Getting obsidian sharp enough to cut skin takes more patience than I could ever have. Huge respect to whatever Aztec warrior had to do that

>>2677767
>>2677771
I want one of these so bad. Are there any companies that make good replicas?

>>2678251

It's just the knapping technique they used, once you know what you're doing it's not that hard.

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>>2674635
How can persiancucks even compete?

>>2678227
this

>>2674851
very useful tool for killing god

>>2676371
That thing is gonna broke

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>>2674635
Accept no substitutes

>>2678059
Nunchaku weren't really battlefield weapons though, they were used for the same thing modern martial art used them for, which is to improve hand-eye coordination.

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>>2674635
Thank you based Stoner.
>>2677938
>Still the best.
But the AR-15 exists

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For antiquity I like the Seax, because I'm a Germaniaboo and like the get-close-and-tear-shit philosophy that was pretty common then
For the Middle Ages I've got to say the Sidesword/Cutting Rapier/Spada da Lato because thrusting swords are OP and beautiful
For Early Modern I'm going to say the Baskethilt Broadsword because I like singlestick and boxing and the method of fighting in both of them is ultra practical and fun for sport.

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Late Roman Spatha and Dacian Falx.

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>>2677993
>No wonder the Philippines got COLONIZED so hard.
Lmao, most of the Spanish Conquest in the Philippines was done by Natives themselves. Spain got BTFO initially whenever they went up against the larger tribal confederations and kingdoms- most particularly Muslim Filipino once. So they got gud and basically offered a conversion for protection scheme to the weaker tribes, with the retention of privileges of any converting native noble. And within the latter half of the 16th Century united a large bunch of Flip cunts under them enough to make a military solution viable. Even then there were still failures North with the Headhunters and South with the last remaining Flip Muslim Sultanates.

Hence the popular saying in Filipino Historiography: "The Philippines was conquered by the cross, not the sword."

In fact the early Spanish Colonial Military in the Philippines was barely European. Maybe a small force less than 5000 was from Europe during the 16th century. But the rest of the army was filled with local boys. Most of the commanders were christianized native chieftains and most of the soldiers natives who still used a lot of local gear, largely because they were just plain fucking useful in the locale they were in. There were even Chinese sailors, marines, and Japanese Christian Ronin exiles. Both with their own weapons.

The average early colonial soldier in the Philippines would be a native cunt with his native weapons, and bits and pieces of european kit like a breastplate, a western musket, or a rodela shield. Or even nothing European at all, maybe just a surcoat over his native get-up declaring his loyalty to the King of Spain and the Catholic Faith.

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>>2674635
It cuts, it stabs, it smashes. What more do you want?

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>>2678878
Does it burn things?

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>>2678860
contd. a European model army wouldn't really show up in the Philippines until the late 18th Century rolled by. Even then large numbers of traditional warriors now relegated to the auxiliaries ("cuadrilleros") made up most of the colonial fighting force. Some of the line companies were even made up of archers, who deployed in the battlefield as if they held muskets kek.

The funny part was that the modernized force got btfo easily compared to the auxiliaries. When the Seven Years War came to the Philippines, the British BTFO the shit out of the modern European force in Manila. Spanish colonial rule was basically saved by native auxiliaries and the Archbishop of Manila rallying them north of Manila. The Brits tried to get the Flips on their side, but the native nobles and their subjects were staunchly Catholic and were disgusted at any notion of being subject to "heretics." and promptly waged a guerilla war with almost nothing but native weaponry that penned Britain inside Manila.

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>>2676967
>pics of real /his/toric weapons
is this better you nigger fag boy

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>>2678061
DELET THIS

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Why cut a nigga open or crack a nigga's limb in when you can do both AT ONCE in a single swing?

>>2674841
>>2674715
>>2676934
>>2676967
Nice taste anons

>>2678227
I was going to use that exact image

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>>2678061
This does not agree with your opinion.

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>>2674711
what a nice children's toy

>>2676984
But he's right. It's a knife. Honest

>>2677933
The falcata was am Iberian sword used in pre Roman hispania

The kurkri or how ever it's spelt is from Nepal

They both preform the same roll. Biggest difference between them is their size. The falcata is a sword while he kurkri is a big knife

>>2679993
Don't overcompensate you loser

>>2674676
Oh hai Cain!

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Rank and file is my flavor of the month.

>>2674635
M A C E forever. Maces, not as aesthetic as blade weapons, but I love the idea blunt force, impacting some fucker's shoulder or giving him a concussion through a helmet.

>>2676992
They would probably be performed well if they were better made

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Call me a pleb I don't give a fuck.

>>2678682
what?

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>>2678860
people keep forgetting that SEA already had guns before the Spanish arrived.

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>>2674635
I...I like the longbow

>>2674679
Kek

>>2677206
>the imagination to figure out how

Nigga just stick the scabbards up your anus, or just ask /k/

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I quite like the heavier crossbows used in Europe, like the Wallarmbrust.

>>2677902
Nigga where are his shoes?

>>2677933
>>2680077
Kopis was the ancient Greek name for the sword at that time. Falcata was coined by Fernando Fulgosio in 1872 to describe the Iberian examples

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Lots of axes.

1. Francisca
2. Bardiche
3. Hungarian Axe

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>>2677933
Both were local adaptations of the Greek Kopis

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>>2674635
The lowermost sword in pic related. The Schiavonna.

>>2677919
>Balaraw

what the hell is the point of that handle?

>>2679993
It was much too big to be called a sword. Massive, thick, heavy and far too rough. Indeed, it was like a heap of raw iron.

>>2682898
Patrician taste my nigga

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>>2674635
Arrgh, ye can capture booty with these matey.

>>2680867
He's so fast that they were incinerated.

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>>2674712
Classic, I like you.>>2677091
>Epitome of Spear desing.
I would say more like the contrary, the point of it was to use it in very close quarters, a short sword (like a gladius) or a long poignard would be more related at his job than any other spear. The epitome of spear desing is the Pike, offense, protection of horses and you can bear lots of ponty ends while being safe.
>>2677933
The Falcata main difference with other forward curved swords of his time (and other similar desings like the Kukri) is than the falcata can STAB and CHOP/Slash at the same time. Look at the false edge of this beauty there, the equilibrium of the blade was so than stabing with it isn't that different than with a gladius, Iberians and celt-iberian loved to slash, but they true love was stabbing.

>>2678860
I like that, keep talking, the Filipines are not talked at all in the basic education. Also it sounds cool enough for his own game, I dunno why no one has made a M&B mod for it.

Were whips ever used in combat?

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pike, simple yet elegant, looks /fa/ in formation

>>2684151
No, it's a retarded idea.

>>2684151
Yah, in the steppes to dismount people. It very difficult tough.

>>2684142
>it's a fucking stick

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unironically pic related

it's just feels the most natural weapon
and it's way faster than a sword, with a bit of training you can exploit your innate agility
of course the point is to avoid getting hit by your enemy, you can think to block a sword with these
but with your speed you can dance around the enemy hitting him a million times

>>2684021
>The Falcata main difference with other
No see you spund like a fanboy. Your claims about that sword being particularly special are dubious to me basef on th fact that i signaled another sword, the kopis, that looks exactly the fucking same save for the handle.

Srsly, what can a falcata do that a kopis can't?

It's the same fucking sword

>>2684032
SEA nations aren't very popular. even Singapore doesn't seem to appear in (American) mainstream media. Escrima,however, seems very popular.

>>2684201
>
this is bait..right?

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what happened to all of the large animals in eurasia, australia, and the americas, anyway?

>>2684201
if you are okay with broken fingers and knuckles sure

>>2684220
>>2684224
fucking retards it's not a made up weapon, it was used historically

>>2684234
people broke fingers and knuckles with it historically then as well.

>>2684244
you use lined gloves
pls stop trying to derail the thread.

>>2677159
Its basically a Zulu Gladius

>>2678852
>Dacian Falx
I really wish i could like that thing but I've seen so many interpretations of it I wouldn't know what i was liking anymore.

Sometimes it looks like a reverse katana, othertimes it looks like a proto-billhook, some othertimes it looks like your pic, so fuck it.

I like the rhomphaia.

>>2679966
Nah, that's cool, scissor knives are dumb.

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>>2684209
It isn't, the blade is different. The falcata has a false edge in the tip for stabing, than tend to run like one third of the blade. The equilibrium is different too. For example a Kukri has the balance in a different point to make choping easier and more powerful and doesn't have the false edge than runs from the tip a few inches.

>>2684259
nobody ever used metal claws in war.

they were a sport weapon if anything.

post proof if you've got it.

>>2684300
I SAID ..stop.. trying.. to derail, THE FUCKING THREAD.

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>>2684297
This somewhat shitty replica shows it well, there are falcatas than are more choppy and more like makhairas (the earlier ones) but with time they got more elaborated and stabby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JGDfUzpE2Q

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>>2682898
The only good choice in this thread so far. My choice as well in absence of off-hand weapons. If I can get an off-hand dagger a very long swept-hilt rapier is my choice.

>>2684304
take two to tango buddy.

you made the claim, back it up.

or are your fingers broken and it's too hard to type stuff into google?

>>2684322
http://www.ninjaencyclopedia.com/weapon/tekko-kagi.html

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step aside

>>2684380
Are we looking at a toothpick through a microscope or what?

>>2684332
how is this proof of historical use?

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>>2684332
>http://www.ninjaencyclopedia.com/weapon/tekko-kagi.html
>ninjaencyclopedia
whew lad

there was a thread a long time ago where someone posted an account of a unit that had been rekt by gladius-wielding romans and described the abject brutality of missing limbs and mutilated bodies. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

>>2684332
You can be serious. I bet you were one of those freaks than ran like Naruto at breaks.

>>2684524
Sounds like the battle of Pidna, where the macedonians and greeks were horrified of how brutal a gladius could be.

>>2677981
>But how do you do that with a spearhead?

Same but with a crosspin, or teeth in the socket hammered in, or by pressing the metal after heating it.

>>2684297
>>2684310

But what about the Kopis though? Apart from the hook pommel they were almost identical

Also that anon up there was right, falcata is a modern name, all the Iberian chopping swords were named Machaera by Romans at least, so "Spanish machete"

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>>2684319

>>2677959
There are collapsible hunting spears.

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The matchlock musket. One of the most historically significant weapons out there in terms of the changes it has engendered, the length of the period it was used and the number of battles it has saw.

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>>2686190
Nope, a Makhaira was a vicious choper/slicer, and you could stab with that, but it wasn't balanced for that. It was balanced to splice things.
For example,If you would draw a line from the pommel to the pointy end of the sword, it would be more or less an horizontal line, a greek makhaira or a kurki have a diferent kind of balance (and again, the false tip it's very rare).

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>>2686517
I didn't find a good hellenic makhaira pic, but they were more like Khukries,tough you can find some longer and thiner (probably cavalry weapons). A khukri is balanced to chop, is a weapon for splicing things.
You can put a Makhaira and Falcata in the same family (because they are) but they different for what they are designed to do, like if you would change the caliber of a 1911 from .45 to 9mm, you lose in some parts (stoping power/splicing) and gain in others (staby).

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>>2674681
Kek

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the computer is the best weapon

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>scroll entire thread
>not a single incarnation of this

>>2687710
When I first opened this thread I was hoping someone would post that, but I forgot what they were called.

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can never decide between Halberds or twohanders

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>>2674635
Hawaiian war oar is probably my favorite.

>>2678852
Fuck Dacia

t. Aurelian

>>2684151
No, real life isn't Dark Souls

>>2684332
>ninjaencyclopedia

O i am laffin

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>>2684332
>ninjaencyclopedia

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>>2674635
>this shitty POS made in basements was preferred to the MP40 by partisans

>>2678860
fucking race traitors reeee

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>>2688425
Join the COLONIZED masterrace

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Can't do better than that.

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>>2686553
>>2686517

according to Wikipedia the Makharia's main and only consistent difference was that the blade was not canted forward and the body of the sword was roughly parallel to the grip, while the Kopis was identified by having such bend.

"Falcata" is a modern word to describe something specific that wasn't thought to be specific back then, the Romans just said "machaera hispana" because the only noteworthy fact about it was that it was the makhaira they knew, but in the hands of Iberians. Pointless to say it's something different.

>>2687895
War oar is really fun to say

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M16A4 Service Rifle