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debate: is a really long sword-length but still otherwise knife-like knife valid to be considered a knife, or is it now a sword because it’s long

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notabrobro

@nagunkgunk

lord-kitschener

It’s a knword and it’s Valid

acidanarchist-deactivated201808

I don’t wanna like Kill The Joke but this brings up a really cool fact about swords in ~14th-16th century Germany! The only people who were allowed to own Real Swords were the royalty and nobility BUT! Everyone else was allowed to own knives. The definition of a knife, however, was based on not length but handle construction, and to some extent how it was sharpened. The handle had to be constructed Like So with 2 pieces of wood sandwiching the metal tang.

Only one edge was allowed to be sharpened, but oftentimes a small part (a couple inches) of the short edge (e.g. the edge that wasn’t sharp) would be sharpened, and weapon design often allowed for this

In this way, something that looked like This, a messer of just over a meter in length…

…would be legally considered a knife, and therefore allowable for non-nobility to possess. (you can also see the bit on the back of the tip that would be sharpened)

So @swordmutual, there’s a not definitive but certainly interesting historical perspective on your question

sovietsofficial

Are you saying that the BS that is SBR laws has basically existed since the time of knights and swords?

randal-mcmandal

Holy shit

call-me-remi

do you ever worry you have to many guns?

californiaconservatarian

Do you ever get tired of making sure they’re all cleaned and oiled?

call-me-remi

Not yet. Still quite enjoyable to me.

sentry-34

I thought that was one of the fun parts?

call-me-remi

Same.

There’s only a few guns I don’t really enjoy cleaning (Bull barrel 1911s & the G3/CETME comes to mind), but overall I find maintaining them to be pretty relaxing & entertaining.