Talk:Myrtenaster/@comment-6582316-20150721050852/@comment-6582316-20150722040250

You should be done by now LiveandSound but to sumarize

The katana weighs the same as a one haded sword like a rapier or an arming sword, about 3 pounds.

The katana does not move any faster than any other sword of equivilent weight as speed is determined by the weilder.

One of the western sword types was the rapier, which is not focused on the cut, and outside of cavelry most swords used by europeans favored the thrust for a variety of reasons.

Could you source your assertions as well? I'm interested in knowing where you are getting your information from, seeing as it is so different from mine, the most easy to access of my sourcess are the youtubers I watch: Skallagrim, Lindybeige, and Scholagladiatoria all have bachelors degrees in archeology of some kind, another video resource of mine is ThegnThrand who describe themselves as"experimental archealogists" I'm not sure if they have a degree but they have a lot of practical information and demonstrations. Non-video resourses are the digital library I have access to as a student and of course wikipedia, I look forward to continueing this discussion :)