Favourite character of LOTR

**mikea454** · 05-09-2006, 01:12 AM

Wow only one other person went aragorn with me... come-on shadowy ranger swinging a lengendary sword. Ok so its no 6ft claymore like william wallace, but still pretty cool

**Z3R0** · 05-09-2006, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by SpoonMan999

Like every other elf in Middle Earth...:P

In case you fell asleep during the movie[s], every other elf in Middle Earth uses a bow and a scimitar. Legalos uses a bow and twin daggers. Nice try though.

**SpoonMan999** · 05-10-2006, 01:49 AM

Actually he uses kukris...nice try though. And I meant the part where they were all some kind of super sniper bad ass.

**Z3R0** · 05-10-2006, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by SpoonMan999

Actually he uses kukris...nice try though. And I meant the part where they were all some kind of super sniper bad ass.

Which are basicly just twin dagggers. Nice try though.

Anyway, they do have an extrodinary amount of skill with a bow.

**SpoonMan999** · 05-11-2006, 01:41 AM

Actually they are nothing like daggers...daggers are short and meant to be more of a piercing weapon, though you can slash kind of the same principle as a rapier, where as kukris have an odd bend in them and are usually twice as a long or more than daggers. Nice try though.

**Z3R0** · 05-11-2006, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by SpoonMan999

Actually they are nothing like daggers...daggers are short and meant to be more of a piercing weapon, though you can slash kind of the same principle as a rapier, where as kukris have an odd bend in them and are usually twice as a long or more than daggers. Nice try though.

A scimitar has a slight curve to it, but is still considered a sword. There are many types of daggers, just like many types of swords, but in general, a sword is a sword and a dagger is a dagger.

**SpoonMan999** · 05-11-2006, 03:34 AM

A sword is a general weapon...a claymore is a sword where as a dagger is a specific weapon and it's generalized category would be knives. And I believe a kukri would be a sword since most I've seen are about the same size as small rapiers.

**Z3R0** · 05-11-2006, 03:48 AM

Hmmm...you make a good point but still, no matter how many diversities of knives and swords there are, it all comes back to general terms (i.e. sword and knife).

**SpoonMan999** · 05-11-2006, 03:50 AM

And as I said I believe a kukri is more a short sword than it is a knife.

**Z3R0** · 05-11-2006, 11:06 PM

But they really aren't that long. In magazines that sell the replicas, they are labled twin fighting knives.

**SpoonMan999** · 05-12-2006, 01:44 AM

Either way it's still not a dagger for the fact that they are meant specifically to be a slashing weapon.

**Z3R0** · 05-12-2006, 02:17 AM

*sigh*, but scimitars are slashing weapons, yet still swords.

**SpoonMan999** · 05-12-2006, 02:40 AM

Again a sword is a general term and actually most swords are more efficient as slashing weapons where as a dagger is really meant to be a piercing weapon.

**Z3R0** · 05-12-2006, 02:43 AM

Most swords are either broadswords or straightswords which are used for thrusting, not slashing. His weapons may be used for slashing, but they still fall under the same general category as "knives". Just as strightswords, broadswords, and scimitars fall under the general category of "swords".