Shamshir Hooking Thrust?

Emanuel · 9th January 2007, 12:44 AM

Excellent! Thanks for opening this thread ShayanMirza, and thanks for the video. Your attempts look quite good, and my only question is whether the thrust would be powerful against a heavy solid mass. Could it pierce through armour, flesh and so on and cause sufficient damage as a straight blade would?

From the meager sources I've read, the shamshir was always described as a purely slashing weapon. If thrusting had been used and documented I imagine it is written somewhere. Looking forward to what comes up.

Emanuel

9th January 2007, 12:44 AM	#2
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Excellent! Thanks for opening this thread ShayanMirza, and thanks for the video. Your attempts look quite good, and my only question is whether the thrust would be powerful against a heavy solid mass. Could it pierce through armour, flesh and so on and cause sufficient damage as a straight blade would? From the meager sources I've read, the shamshir was always described as a purely slashing weapon. If thrusting had been used and documented I imagine it is written somewhere. Looking forward to what comes up. Emanuel