Put away the bold sword, broadsword, flaming sword, half-blood sword, giant sword, two-handed sword, Yate sword, two-handed sword, machete, giant knife, casas machete, hook sword, saber, snake man, firewood knife, Cong Yunka Daqu, exile machete dagger, and prepare to attack the development and evolution of European sword style.

The swords and swords in Dark Soul 3 are very handsome, and many players have found their favorite and most handy weapons. In fact, these weapons have historical prototypes and origins, and even variants of famous cold weapons in history. Today, I will share with you a prototype of the sword and sword weapon and an analysis of its historical origin in "Soul of Darkness 3" compiled by "Golden Explosion as the Head". Let's have a look.

The evolution of European swords

A brave mind

This design of two curved and wavy blades is known in the industry as a reverse curved or S-shaped blade. This design is more common in combat knives. It should be noted that there is a concept here that a fighting saber is not a fighting saber. If the machete is a pure tool, then the combat knife is another extreme, pure weapon, which only plays the role of killing people and does not have many other functions. Therefore, machetes are not good at killing people, and bucket knives are not good at doing work. Combat knives are in between, helping soldiers fight and survive, and at the same time having both tools and weapons. Most sabers in the world are actually combat knives, and pure combat knives and tool knives are also used in the army.

By the way, daggers refer to double-edged dagger fighting knives in the industry, not the general term for daggers that most people understand.

Well, to get to the point, the advantage of S-blade is that under the premise of constant total output, the length of blade is lengthened because of the curve, and the total length of cutting is increased because of the increased lethality. Moreover, the blade protruding from the front side will catch the cut tissue, so that it has no other escape direction except being cut, which further increases the destructive power of cutting. The prominent front curve also has the function of strengthening the chopping ability. According to the principle of pressure, the smaller the contact area, the greater the pressure, and the curved part protruding outward on the blade is called the blade belly. The more prominent the belly of the blade is, the smaller the contact surface of the blade is and the greater the erosion force is (18 is the big blunt head for this reason). This can not only help soldiers to cause more serious injuries in battle, but also help soldiers to survive and work by cutting wood better in the wild.

In fact, the S-blade appeared thousands of years ago. The design of the dagger of the ancient Roman army was slightly slender in front and large in abdomen, which attracted attention in the ancient battlefield and finally conquered Europe.

Of course, this design also has disadvantages. First of all, the complex structure requires high technology, and the blade body must be strong enough or the slender blade body in the back section cannot withstand the impact. Therefore, the Roman army was the first ancient European country to use steel to make weapons. Moreover, this S-shaped blade is very troublesome to polish. With the changing curve and the changing grinding angle, ordinary soldiers do not have the correct tools and skills, so it is difficult to grind this designed knife.