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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5623417" data-attributes="member: 8835">per medical people I talked to, that's not accurate.&nbsp; I asked about it regarding the IV tube and the big block of air that goes down it when they change the bag and how scary that looks when you know this 'fact&quot;.&nbsp; Turns out, it would need to be a LOT of air, not a syringe full.&nbsp;This is why rapiers and cut-and-thrust swords evolved.&nbsp; Light weight, and long reach.&nbsp; Plus, duelers would also carry a dagger or a buckler.It's not like daggers are useless.&nbsp; Or even that I wouldn't have a dagger on me for that duel with EW in the phone booth (I always have a knife on me, even right now, and certainly in a D&amp;D game).&nbsp; It's simply that when you are in the environment suited for the big weapon, the dagger is disadvantaged.&nbsp; A sword in the hands of an idiot in a house at night versus a guy with a knife who might know how to use it is &quot;not the environment for a big weapon&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5623417, member: 8835"] per medical people I talked to, that's not accurate. I asked about it regarding the IV tube and the big block of air that goes down it when they change the bag and how scary that looks when you know this 'fact". Turns out, it would need to be a LOT of air, not a syringe full. This is why rapiers and cut-and-thrust swords evolved. Light weight, and long reach. Plus, duelers would also carry a dagger or a buckler. It's not like daggers are useless. Or even that I wouldn't have a dagger on me for that duel with EW in the phone booth (I always have a knife on me, even right now, and certainly in a D&D game). It's simply that when you are in the environment suited for the big weapon, the dagger is disadvantaged. A sword in the hands of an idiot in a house at night versus a guy with a knife who might know how to use it is "not the environment for a big weapon" [/QUOTE]

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