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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darklone" data-source="post: 1119900" data-attributes="member: 1372">Sad story, but far from infrequent. There are still many armchair historians out there that don't believe me things about swords even if I show it to them. Same for longbows. I am a material scientist and people don't believe me when I say them that the edge of a sword is not meant for parrying, otherwise it will be blunt soon. There are still thousands out there who tell me a katana is the best sword quality out there. I can show them measurements and comparisons of steel quality. Do they believe the facts? Not very often.In school I had a feminist teacher who told us that twohanded greatswords were only invented because male knights wanted to have a bigger "sword" than their opponents and declined to see any advantages in their use. We spent two hours screaming at each other. I have to admit though that my marks improved enormously afterwards. She didn't believe me but valued my way of arguing... If you can't even convince someone like her with facts, someone with intellect and character...</blockquote>