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The European Medieval Knight Vs the Samurai?

Well, I once heard a story of a Chapter Knight visiting the city of Jerusalem.
It was in the 13th century, when mail was the armour and Spanish steel was the hardest in the known world.
He was introduced to a Moorish warrior who boasted that his sword was the sharpest in the world. He displayed his scimitar, fine as a feather, keen as the edge of a virgin razor. He pulled the silk scarf from the neck of a doting admirer, and tossed it into the air. His blade made a silver blur, the silk fell to the ground, a pile of delicate ribbons.
The Knight said nothing, as he marched over to the blacksmith's forge, the Moor ran behind him, gloating at his display.
The Johnite drew his blade, a four foot Hand and a Half. He swiped his steel and cut off the nose of an iron anvil in the workshop.

Two very different weapons, two very different concepts of quality.

What would the fine folded blade of the samurai hold to the blue forged blade of an European warrior? How would a Ninja compare to the Woaded Celtic Wardancer?

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That story was excellent. It does bring to light the issue in fighting one dressed in steel. You do not cut through the steel instead you bend the steel with heavy weapon so the warrior can not fight then slip a dagger in the neck line and win.

Most knights did not kill it was their apprentice who had a dagger and ran around behind them slipping the blade into the neck of the steel clad knight who could not stand up. So a razor sharp sword would be off what use again?

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Another clash of cultures happened when the first Roman infantry trod the turf of Albion.
The Celts had fought running battles with each other, kicking each other's shields to make an opening while leaping with great axes or a sword in each hand.
They did have lines themselves, but looked in curiosity at the locked shield formations of the Romans.
A Celtic Axe or two handed weapon had to wielded, or swung to the target.
While the short thrust of the Roman Gallus swords could be seen as the feet of a millipede running along the formation of shields; If you got too close you were cut down by a chainsaw effect.

This is when warriors would copy their enemy's idea, later Celtic swords resembled those Roman blades. The Romans then copied the Barbarian chain mail.

Lessons have been learned in the past, and I hope the future.

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Comments: I hear this argument a lot and one thing that never seems to come up in it is the fact that a katana can stab and and many Samurai knew thrust attacks.

Samurai also had there own armor piercing weapons