Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20190627122349/@comment-36926079-20190821053700

To make it simple, the tonfa can't block heavy blows or stabs because of the edge being thin, and it doesn't have enough centrifugal force to deal more hacking damage than a knife could stab.

Using it like a sword would be worse than a real sword because the handle won't protect the hands due is perp. to the handle and can't catch blades. All one handed swords are inferior to polearms (beside like pikes) and two handed swords because they don't have enough leverage to do enough damage. However the use of one handed swords and knives are justified because they are portable, concealable, and still are deadly