weapon combinations

[Stolenbjorn]

I think (As Kurai Unkai so elaborately lectures to us in one of his postings on this thread ) -that there's hardly any combination that can be said to be the ultimate one. I both train and lecture on the longsword (I regard a claymore and a longsword to be the same), and it's not the easiest thing to wield... I like your idea of having the left hand free, though, Fiore del Liberi teaches us several techniques where you take your left hand and starts doing wrestelingtechniques while using the longsword for stabbing/cutting one-handed after "you've entered the cross".
I'd skip the spike, though, or not have it long. A pyramide-shaped knot, max. Why? -For the same reason why vikings never had horns on their helmets! Imagine somthing cathcing on the spike; it will either turn your vambrace around, break it, or in the worst case make your arm twitch so that it breaks or gets bruised.

Kurai Unkai: You talk about sickles; is that the same style as the assyrian/syrian/egyptian "Khopesh", or are we talking about some asian sample?

[Kurai Unkai]

Kurai Unkai: You talk about sickles; is that the same style as the assyrian/syrian/egyptian "Khopesh", or are we talking about some asian sample?[/QUOTE]

Let me apologize for taking so long to get back to you. To answer your question, I'm talking about a slightly modified Asian sickle. I like to add a handguard and prefer a straighter edge than most sickles, and try also to reinforce the handle with a strip of metal to increase its durability.

A sturdy Khopesh with a deep enough curve would suffice for the task, though, provided the cutting edge was on the concave, and not the convex side of the blade. The reason for this is that I usually use the sickle to intercept an incoming weapon (or hand/arm if I can get close enough fast enough). The concave side of the Khopesh could stop and trap an incoming weapon, but the convex edge would allow the weapon to be deflected either into my hand or into my face (which isn't the effect that I'm looking for).

[Taliar]

Isn't a katana mean't to be a 2 handed weapon.

[shootodog]

Originally Posted by E-Rocker

two sticks, or a stick & a dagger, or two daggers, or a palm stick and a stick, or a palm stick and a dagger, or two palm sticks . . . I think you can see where this is going . . .

^^^i'm with what he said.

[TheMightyMcClaw]

Double spears, to cut it up like Dong Ping.

[tekkengod]

Kama and hand Axe.
but give me a pair of Sai anyday of the week and its over.

[ninjas-r-us]

Well for effective ness id say
Duel glock19s with modded mags connected to old Tommy gun drums (it can be done!)


For fun id say:
Duel katanas
Duels sai
Duel ku-sari-gama (sickle with long chain and a weight at the end, any one who can wield two at once is beyond me)
Duel daggers
Duel shrikan
Duel 3 sections staff (again impossible)
18 throwing knives (3 in-between each finger)

And the coop de grace

Two katana put together so that the blades are about an inch apart! THAT would be SWEET two cuts for one, the ability to break others a sword if they get caught in between what’s not to love?

[xuande]

Though I'm not adept at it a 9-sectional whip chain and a broadsword work very nice. My favorite though is the fan and dagger, what can I say I'm all about being sneaky.

[oni_sensei]

Originally Posted by Taliar

Isn't a katana mean't to be a 2 handed weapon.

Not necessarily. There are plenty of one-handed techniques that can be performed with a sword, and there's absolutely no reason why you should limit yourself to using a katana with two hands. It's probably the worst thing you can do.

I could just as easily deflect a strike with one hand and slice your stomach with the other as I could cut into your collarbone with a two-hand downward strike. Well, not maybe just as easily, but it's still entirely possible.

Originally Posted by ninjas-r-us

Two katana put together so that the blades are about an inch apart! THAT would be SWEET two cuts for one, the ability to break others a sword if they get caught in between what’s not to love?

Does nearly double the weight of the sword count? Regardless, that'd be a rather spiffy chopper indeed.

[Shantari]

kama and short sword

[NaughtyKnight]

Two Colts M4s

[Fish Of Doom]

for flashyness twin hookswords

for more flashyness a double-edged clawed gauntlet and a shortened double bladed naginata(with long blades, one facing in one direction and the other in the other direction), custom weapons RULE!

for even MORE flashyness, a katar(AKA punch dagger) and a double-bladed hooksword, again custom weapons RULE!

for effectiveness no idea, i think of those three the twin hookswords would be the most effective in terms of "ability=effectiveness"

[Goju]

just got some tonfas the other day, I like those

[NaughtyKnight]

I like Chucks, dont think I would be able to use 2 of them.

[Shantari]

Originally Posted by Fish Of Doom

for flashyness twin hookswords

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oh yea, i wouldn't mind using those, ne idea where i can learn to use them properly, and whats their proper name?