Sonitusia wrote:Look, don't ask me about how it's designed or not, but the khopesh itself focused around hooking the opponent's blade out of their hands (this required long amounts of studious training, hence only the Egyptian royal guard typically used this weapon)
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The one who made the concept art may have taken inspiration from a kopis as well, but in its basic form this weapon is a khopesh (and they even titled it as such), that being:A typical khopesh is 50–60 cm (20–24 inches) in length, though smaller examples do also exist. The blunted edge of the weapon's tip also served as an effective bludgeon, as well as a hook...
The blade is only sharpened on the outside portion of the curved end.
I know, but that hook doesn't look like it could catch a weapon out of it's enemy's hands unless held sideways (Which could be done if the weapon was held at a 90 degree angle to a thrust), though the incoming weapon would have to be aligned at a downward cut or be, in essence, a rapier. In the former situation it's useless, as a simple edge misalignment would mean the enemy has levered your weapon against his, possibly getting it out of your hand. The latter also negates this as a rapier is so flimsy one could probably withdraw it and the blade would simply snake out of the hole. Also, man, that guard (And handle).
That stated, 10/10 shiny grip.