This Sword Should NOT Cut That Well...

Usually you can get an idea of how a sword is going to perform by looking at its blade profile. Broad and thin, perhaps with a lenticular cross-section? Definitely a cutter. Slender, tapered? Designed for thrusting. But sometimes you're in for a surprise...

This was one of those cases... Test cutting soaked tatami mats at Academie Duello in Vancouver, BC. We tried out several longswords, and the results were interesting. I wouldn't have guessed which one cuts best.

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Video lessons: Duello.TV

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1.) "Medieval: The Old Tower Inn" by Random Mind
https://opengameart.org/content/medieval-the-old-tower-inn
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
2.) “Middel Weie” by Yubatake
https://opengameart.org/content/middel-weie
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
3.) “The Looming Battle” by Zefz
https://opengameart.org/content/orchestral-battle-music
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The video about the reproduction of Zireael (Ciri's longsword from the Witcher series):
https://youtu.be/NUqIO1t4Bcw

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