Posts: 3,641 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia
Mon 20 Jan, 2020 9:43 pm
99% of situations don't require a weapon to resolve, so it doesn't make much sense to carry a cumbersome object around that won't see much use. Best to carry something that is more versatile. I've used a machete for clearing undergrowth, pruning trees, dispatching and butchering game, starting a fire, trimming spear shafts, harvesting cane and bamboo, splitting cane and bamboo, opening coconuts, cooking food, scraping hotplates, tightening screws, and much more. It is also a very effective weapon that is likely responsible for more severed body parts than any other weapon in history. My favorite is probably the bolo.
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A rapier isn't much use in a proper fight. Even if you stick someone in a potentially fatal location, they won't bleed out before their chopper takes off a piece of your skull. You want to stop someone, not kill them. A chopper incapacitates far more quickly than a sticker. Once they are on the ground and no longer fighting, you can then decide whether to keep them alive.