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'Swordbreaker' parrying dagger for catching and binding enemy swords, Italy, ~1600 AD (media.kbin.social)
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[–] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You don’t actually break the other sword when using this. You basically trap the other sword in the tines of this and then wrench the sword out of the other guys hand. When the sword enters the tines you just twist the swordbreaker and the other guys sword comes popping out.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I also saw it as a way to lock their sword for a few seconds. Uncertain how it works in the real world/historically, but in my head, I see it as locking, pulling them in then a quick knife to the throat.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You would use it with a main sword or cudgel/mace not a second dagger since the sword breaker is a type of parrying dagger.