This weapon does not do what you think it does. Although marketed as a sword breaker, against any proper European steel swords it would not "break" the sword. Notice that in the demo, all of the "swords" or steel he broke were solidly clamped in place. The blade also has a flat profile and little to no distal taper. This also does not speak for the type of steel used, which based on the fantasy design most of them have is most likely stainless or mild steel without proper tempering. What this video shows could be done with a lead pipe or most proper European swords. This item is pretty much an extra heavy baseball bat made of high quality steel with a sharpened point.
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There have, of course, been many skeptical people asking if this item can really do what they claim it does, and a few put it to the test. A few found that it was great at turning stainless steel wallhangers into aluminum cans, but it would chip against properly forged or even cut-out heat treated swords. It definitely damaged those swords if great strength was put into it and the one holding the other sword held it as a block instead of a parry, but against any trained opponent this sword would not be particularly effective.
For in-game purposes, the effect described would be nearly useless anyways. I can count the number of non-boss enemies that would not die in one or two hits of this item on my fingers. "The best crowd control is death" - Graves Support 2016.
tl;dr - this extra long bar mace with a sword hilt doesn't do what you think it does. I like the idea of a blunt sword and this weapon is certainly intimidating and deadly, especially against those armor bound, but the idea of it disarming opponents with it is both historically and virtually ridiculous. I do still want to see this item in game as a blunt crushthrough sword, though. Bar mace one handed weapons too.
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There have, of course, been many skeptical people asking if this item can really do what they claim it does, and a few put it to the test. A few found that it was great at turning stainless steel wallhangers into aluminum cans, but it would chip against properly forged or even cut-out heat treated swords. It definitely damaged those swords if great strength was put into it and the one holding the other sword held it as a block instead of a parry, but against any trained opponent this sword would not be particularly effective.
For in-game purposes, the effect described would be nearly useless anyways. I can count the number of non-boss enemies that would not die in one or two hits of this item on my fingers. "The best crowd control is death" - Graves Support 2016.
tl;dr - this extra long bar mace with a sword hilt doesn't do what you think it does. I like the idea of a blunt sword and this weapon is certainly intimidating and deadly, especially against those armor bound, but the idea of it disarming opponents with it is both historically and virtually ridiculous. I do still want to see this item in game as a blunt crushthrough sword, though. Bar mace one handed weapons too.