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I'm sorry morgan. I forgot about all those medieval factories churning out milled bar stock swords. They must've hauled the bar stock from the royal steel mill with King Richards truck line? It's a good thing they had the horse shoers and sword slingers union to protect the common peasant, otherwise those poor assembly line workers wouldn't get a fair break from the nobility.
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I rest my case about the media portrayal of the eastern warrior as superhuman.
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Think for a minute without envisioning Dragon Ball Z.
Why do you think that the Samurai is so much stronger than a knight?
Why do you think that Japanese steel is superior to European steel?
Why do you think that broad swords are inferior in construction?
What do you know about metallurgy and smithing to back this up?
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Remember, the katana is one of many variations of the asian scimitars. The katana is to the scimitar as the hand-and-a-half sword is to the broad sword. Every society had it's own versions of weapons, armor and martial arts. Not all of them have been portrayed quite as well as the asian styles in the media though.
[This message has been edited by Sir Kenyth (edited 09-05-2001).]
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