[DieZel]

The scimitar is very durable, as a matter of fact, cos it is light and fast and it is not very likely to hit metal objects. The only way a warrior with a scimitar to win a battle is to kill his oponent as quickly as possible and therefore his scimitar will not suffer any damage. However, if you use a scimitar to defend yourself and it takes direct hits by a stronger weapon (assuming a longsword), it will break easily. I don't know why I'm even posting this, cos Bozos of Bones already said most of it, but let's hope this will help somebody understand it better.