This one is about sword design. I was watching a movie the other day in which a knight was making wide swings with his claymore (a 2 handed great sword) and I started laughing because that was how one was supposed to use a Katana not a greatsword. Then I began to wonder why is that not the right way so I went to Google and found a huge article called “there is no perfect sword” I had to dig through the massive amount of sword debate to find the katana claymore argument. Apparently the claymore can’t be used in wide swings because it would vibrate so much from impact that you would injure yourself not to mention that its cutting edge is not designed to cut. If the knight really wanted to “cut” with his sword yet still have a European sword he would need a long sword or short sword. These two swords are lighter and better designed to cut however the best two weapons to slash with are still the Katana and the Falchion. Katana is better for lightly armored foes and if you run into plate mail go falchion. 
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