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The professionalism and control of that presenter is stunning. This article on kitchen knife steel seems to my non-authoratative eyes to give an incredible overview of the current state of blade steel, including discussions of elements that provide a given benefit (like vanadium being...

Oh, that was a joy, Anders. I'm going to guess the lantern shield never saw widespread usage. That takes every absurd fantasy weapon and +1's it a thousand times. And, wow, would i like to see a (simulated) urami fight. Why isn't this weapon in films all the time? I appreciate your stance on...

Hi Anders, What a great thread—although those that tricked me into watching Deadliest Warrior: wow, that's some bad comparison action :p I'm curious what the oddest real hand-to-hand war weapon you've encountered is? I mean a weird pole arm, sword variant, etc., that seems like it belongs in...