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I Never Cared Much for Swords. Then I Had to Fight with One

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44 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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bilsbie ◴[18 Jul 25 14:25 UTC] No.44604969[source]▶
I remember reading that swords were more the weapon of choice for portability but spears were more effective in a fight?
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1. gadders ◴[18 Jul 25 15:39 UTC] No.44605936[source]▶
Lindy Beige did an interesting video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLv8E2pWdk

But the gist is it seemed spears won more of the simulated combats.