serrated blades

[S'mon]

Curvy weapons would do less damage because it doesnt optimize the extra surface area it has.....it might be sharp but slashing it wont use all of its edge......

That's actually pretty much 100% the opposite of the truth: a curved blade does _more_ damage because the force is concentrated on one point along the blade, where it strikes the target, rather than being spread along a straight edge. This gives the curved blade much more penetrating power. It's why axe heads are curved.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

That's actually pretty much 100% the opposite of the truth: a curved blade does _more_ damage because the force is concentrated on one point along the blade, where it strikes the target, rather than being spread along a straight edge. This gives the curved blade much more penetrating power. It's why axe heads are curved.

axe's distrbute the force of the swing much diffrently then a slashing sword.......plus its a SINGLE curve, not a wave pattern...

trust me wave pattern swords are for show....they arent too effective.

 

[S'mon]

axe's distrbute the force of the swing much diffrently then a slashing sword.......plus its a SINGLE curve, not a wave pattern...

trust me wave pattern swords are for show....they arent too effective.

You're probably right about wave pattern swords - I was thinking of scimitars, sabres, katanas, et al.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Ah, but this is fantasy with it spiky helmets and armor but they should not be any more dangerous than their stright blade counterpart. Cool = damage!

 

[MEG Hal]

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I studied knife fighting not sword fighting and I studied kris knife fighting
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... we were taught that the wavy blade would cause more pain due to the blade opening up the wound and letting more air in and the greater chance to shred a organ etc...so I do not know if it would cause more damage but maybe a higher crit??????

 

[Enkhidu]

Hal, with the kris wasn't that mostly training on how to stick someone with the wavy blade, not slash someone with the wavy blade?

If you want a serrated weapon to cause more damage, make sure that the weapons are piercing instead of slashing - I don't have the intestinal fortitude to do any live tests, but it sure seems like it would hurt more.

 

[Umbran]

Hm.

I would expect a wavy blade to be less effective fo rtwo reasons - First, it becomes somewhat more difficult to use the whole blade, as you'd generally tend to connect with the high points. Second, it will tend to have narrow points at which the blade is more likely to break.

I would expect a serrated blade on a combat weapon to be less effective for two reasons - First, if you are striking armor, the teeth would be likely to catch on the armor, lessening the blades momentum. Second, under conditions of combat, teeth are likely to dull and break off, leaving you with (at best) a butterknife edge. Remember - attacking dead, inactive meat on your plate is not the same thing as attacking lively meat that fights back

 

[Mark]

...a butterknife edge.

What's the full spread of damage on one of those...?

 

[MEG Hal]

Hal, with the kris wasn't that mostly training on how to stick someone with the wavy blade, not slash someone with the wavy blade?

You are correct sir it was a piercing weapon not slashing.

 

[MEG Hal]

Hm.

I would expect a wavy blade to be less effective fo rtwo reasons - First, it becomes somewhat more difficult to use the whole blade, as you'd generally tend to connect with the high points. Second, it will tend to have narrow points at which the blade is more likely to break.

You are trained to stick the sub, then twist as you take it out of the entry wound, to make O2 hit faster and open wounds and O2 do not mix=pain, as well as the "blender" effect with the twist and pull, I have a few blades 18 inch and less as well as some striaght blades and have not noticed any break issues with blade make just issues with quality and that has nothing to do with blade style.

I could take some digi pics this weekend if you want to see some examples.