It's legal for me to open carry a sword where I live. No questions asked. However, threatening designs like machetes and fantasy swords are subject to police scrutiny.
What's the best sword for this? Must be comfy in vehicles, handy, theoretically competitive in the modern context (unarmored, no formations or shields, no one is a rapier fighter) and usable as a kitchen knife/camping tool.
inb4 wakizashi
Real talk: samurai jack was overrated.
>t. Aku
Shapeshifting master of darkness hands typed this post
>YFW you realize samurai jack was prophetic, and Jack was Tim Kennedy, and Aku is Nancy Pelosi
Jack was the Texas school shooter, and the national boarder patrolman sent him to the future, but o/k/ zoomer.
underrated, but out of date
>Tim Kennedy
Stop falling for grifters anon
I mean yea, definitely.
I basically call it equivalent to Afro Samurai.
Souless thinking.
This. Frick this cheap anime knock off.
Literally better than any anime lol
>What's the best sword for this? Must be comfy in vehicles
literally none of them
Nah, rated just right
>being this impressed by shitty voice acting, cheap storylines, and dollar store art.
Even "Hungarian Folk Tales" did a better animation job than this cartoon network trash
It may not be some amazing feat of animation but it was a fun and enjoyable cartoon that I have fond memories of and honestly, that's why most people talk so highly of it.
>Shitting on the animation
I will cut you.
>Shitting on the animation
It shits itself, anon. It's basically Microsoft paint.
It's stylized and for a show like this, it works rather well.
t. "Go Animate" enthusiasts.
How about you "go animate" yourself by getting off the couch for once?
Post yer gun.
It's heavily stylized but overall it works IMO. This isn't shit-tier 1960s limited animation, this is art deco.
*aku is israelites/globhomo. Some takeaways, mostly from the new season.
>Unlike 99% of ~~*sci fi*~~ taking place in the distant future, there are still distinct races in Samurai Jack, such as the Scottsman and that Japanese family that makes him new sandals in like Season one or something
>That whole sandals episode could be viewed as a message on heritage and tradition
>That one nignog weeb getting BTFO and tending a bar for the rest of his life
>Cities are dystopian shitscapes filled with ayys (immigrants/rapefugees) whereas nature/the countryside is still semi-idyllic
>Speaking of ayys, that one scene in the new season with that blue alien could be considered an allegory for the refugee crisis in Europe
>Based Scottsman and his daughters
Show me another show depicting a masculine White man having a large number of children with another White woman, all of whom are loyal to him. Of course, we also can't forget ~~*hollywood's*~~ war on redheads.
>Jack turns down the chance to racemix, instead preferring to marry a woman of his own race
>~~*Aku*~~ is sadistic and effeminate, almost always fighting through his proxies
>Aku is ultimately destroyed by his own hubris after coming /this close/ to world domination, just like what happens to the israelites time and time again
OVEN DODGIN'
DEER FINGERIN'
TAURUS BUYIN'
UNCERTIFIED FORKLIFT OPERATING
AIRSOFT OPTIC USIN'
FROGPOSTIN'
NRA-SUPPORTIN'
NOGUNZ
LOICENSE-NEEDIN'
AIRSOFT LARPIN'
SIG SHILLIN'
TAVOR OWNIN'
NUGGET MOISTENIN'
Black person are you high
Competent sound design and direction places it above 99% of animation.
Sound design is the ONLY thing it did right. Except the Scotsman's bagpipes.
Autism
My man, I'll easily give you writing but art and VA work are two of jack's biggest strong points.
It's no masterpiece like some people think it is, but it's damn good for mass market cartoon.
overrated but still great
krokodil at work
Shit Black, like i didnt think id meet a real homosexual outside of /b but here you are, gayging up the place, sucking dick while being fricked in the ass. Sad stuff really
Never seen samurai jack, just looked it up. It looks fine. It's not special or anything, but there's definitely plenty of people defending it in this thread.
When it came out, there wasn't anything like it.
it was a cartoon network kids show during their golden era with genuinely good action scenes for its budget animation, and managed to get away with a LOT of cool stuff by making the enemies robots, meaning no gore.
>no gore
>robo moron gets diced to bits, his oil spewing everywhere
fr though ive only seen the last season ASIDE once as a kid i turned the channel randomly and saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY5Uou8hNak&ab_channel=AdultSwimUK that shit was kino and it wasnt until more than a decade later i had learned what it is i watched
You are literally a gay Black person.
Real talk: Samurai Jack is based and redpilled, with subtle /misc/ themes. Aku and is israelites/globohomo.
Y'bait-postin'
oh shit here we go
ANUS TOUNGUN'
You have to go back...
Back to the past...
Samurai jack.
Most American cartoons after the 1990s are.
Batman the animated series was an excellent feat of animation, what the actual frick are you talking about?
He's either an anime gay or worse, a wakfugay.
I just like smooth animation, and the early Batman animated series, as well as the adventures of Batman and Robin, both had smooth scenes.
>threatening designs like machetes and fantasy swords are subject to police scrutiny.
Go away foreigner
It's actually because white crackheads are most likely to use those when they get high and go around stabbing people
Foreigners just use (illegally obtained and illegal to possess, for them) guns
Non Americans are foreigners. Either 3d print a musket and overthrow your local government or get the frick out.
The US has more guns than people, yet you're not overthrowing shit just sucking some thin blue wiener instead.
Hahahaha he doesn't have a gun!
LOL
OUT
It says "bear arms" not "bear sidearms".
You will get a spear and you will like it.
>t. Butchered with a Roman sword
For self defense against unarmored people with a sword, the rapier was the king, you fricking moron.
No one today is a rapier fighter. It's too difficult to carry, requires uncommon training to use, and puts you well out of valuable grappling distance, AKA getting shot distance. The sidesword is the rapier but optimized for modern life.
>rapier fighter
Thrusting, and keeping your pint towars your opponent is much more instinctual, and easy to learn than any bullshit you're thinking of.
What are you talking about moron?
It's just as easy. If not easier to learn to use a rapier as it is any cutting techniques, and the worst case for using a rapier is the other guy has a rapier too (only talking swords here not polearms and shit) if you have a rapier, and the opponent is trying to do chinkshit or longsword/cut thrust sword techniques, the person with the rapier is going to run them through 9 times out of 10.
>implying fencing isn't the most commonly practiced swordsmanship
Now there are eproblems with modern fencing for sure, but there's a lot of overlap, and all the fencing tools are shorter than a true rapier anyways.
Cuts have always been inferior to thrusts, and rapier almost always have the reach advantage.
Pretty hard to cut me if you have to get past 8" of sword before you're in range.
pretty sure no one is going to be trying to fight anyone with 8'(') of sword either. if i was accosted by a rapier user i'd just continuously back off while calling him inigo montoya and asking him if he got his sword to compensate tbh. rapiers also assume a lack of guns. at the range a rapier user stays before they attempt a thrust, they are at the threshhold of the range where shooting someone becomes a better idea than anything else and your gun probably won't be wrestled for.
Well no shit it assumes lack of guns, that's this whole thread.
N0 sword is doing well against someone with a gun.
Some swords would do better than others but i don't know why you would, unless you ran out of ammo or got robbed for your gun
>not using a rapier with a pistol in your off hand
>rapiers also assume a lack of guns
Black person, that's gonna apply to anyone with any sword
Messer
>but there's a lot of overlap
No lol
Olympic fencing foils are super light and the technique is all arm and wrist, it's not about using your whole body like a real sword which is necessary to get proper speed and power as well as not destroy your elbow and/or shoulder (although those injuries take time to develop, they're not instantaneous)
Sounds like a good strategy to me. No one trains with a rapier, therefore there's no defense
>The sidesword is the rapier but optimized for modern life.
This. A sidesword is your absolute best bet. It is versatile and nimble. I'm able to use it on someone right up against me where a full-on rapier would make that less feasible.
Too short.
wat
sideswords are barely shorter than rapiers and were literally the predecessor to rapiers.
Fricking morons, the sidesword is a modern day term, referring to a transitional blade, that spawned the rapier, the rapier is the optimized "side sword" by adding better hints and 3" more on the blade length in general.
If you think a rapier is too long, you should think a "side sword" is too long also.
Captcha: GAYK2
If you've ever actually handled both you could tell the difference, and no shit it's a modern designation. Still useful by your own description, should we spell that out every damn time or have an easy reference?
I have handled both and a sidesword isn't very much shorter since they were already going for the long and thin blade strategy, rapiers just took it a little bit fruther. You'd have to go down to an arming sword or messer for anything considerably shorter.
>moron gungays think adding more length to a sword makes it deal more damage.
Lol. Lmao.
Get yourself a sidesword or shortsword. A foil, but a traditional, pointy one that was able to thrust and cut and actually deal damage.
They're unironically the best Civilian carry weapon.
They're LIGHT, and PRACTICAL, for one, which is the best reason because you've got to carry it places then still do your work and all.
They're also extremely effective, compact pieces of kit. You're not going into a warzone or fighting a siege, you don't need a Zweihandler, and this is coming from a person who trains Zweihandler. A foil or sidesword is long enough, strong enough, and hardwearing enough for a ruffian in an alleyway or a duel between gentlemen.
>But my Rapier.
Rapier is a little bit bigger in the guard and is a foot or two longer.
That doesn't help you as much as you think. Yeah you've got range, but it's an extra foot or two of blade you've got to move around with one wrist and set of fingers. They're slow as balls. Even then, the sidesword has the advantage as soon as they cross that range because they can get closer in then a Rapier can, just the same as a knife wielder can get closer in still and shank you until you die.
A sidesword is the perfect civilian carry sword because it's as big as it can be, without loosing the capacity to shank like that, is light enough that it doesn't control you or your motions like a heavier sword, which predictably makes you vulnerable in SD situations, and it's versatile enough for any daily events, competitive enough to best anything anyone else feasibly brings to them in said daily events, while being relatively unobtrusive.
The fricking sidesword is the ultimate civi carry sword. It's like a Glock or shit (I'm not a guns person), in that it's nothing impressive to look at, but it's effective for anything you could reasonably face, and it's not this huge commitment.
Get a fricking sidesword.
>the sidesword is a modern day term, referring to a transitional blade
>transitional blade
YWNBAWeapon
many rapier duels ended with both parties dying of blood loss or horribly wounded. rapiers are poor at incapacitating. it's literally the entire meme argument people use against using a knife for self-defense today. just because one culture like 500~ years ago decided it was "the best sword for dueling" at that particular time doesn't actually make it true lol
the rapier also was specifically popular against unarmored people with *rapiers and other long swords* i.e someone who is probably going to keep their distance from you and sword fight you.
IRL OP is probably never going to fight another sword wielder, he'd be fighting someone either unarmed or armed with a short melee weapon who will try to aggressively close distance. it is impossible to back away faster than someone can run at you so if your first blow is not powerful and/or deadly, congrats they are now inside your zone and they have the advantage. considering OP probably has zero training and questionable athleticism this is not a good proposition.
You're right, but that's assuming the other party is suicidal or incredibly stupid, otherwise they won't close the distance so rashly. A sword in your face is very intimidating when you only have a knife.
Cinquedea.
Frick your keso dilo knifo
I feel like machetes are the least threatening swords. I prefer bolo over Latin style as I live in a wooded land, plus I can cut a 1.5 inch maple or 2 inch pine branch in one swing, so i know it's capableish.
the only problem is that you look like a psychopath carrying one anywhere other than a campsite, farm, or landscaping job. Carrying a "fighting" style sword merely makes OP look like a turboautist instead.
I guess that's a good point. It's funny because almost any real sword is deadlier than a machete.
Until you happen upon another guy with a sword and he speaks unbecomingly to a lady and now you're duelin.
>merely makes OP look like a turboautist
>merely
Rather be taken for a psychopath.
Why do I get the feeling that you failed U.S. government class because you're just a moron that hates homework and never turns it in?
You're surprisingly close, almost never did homework and dropped out at 17 to join muh beloved infantry.
I seriously doubt that tbh
You’ve required a diploma to get your feet into the military without stupidly good scores since the mid-70’s.
interahamwe moment
Gladius is your tool of choice but you have to wear sandals
Claymore
But the mine, not the sword.
there is no giant blade that any cop is going to be more cool with vs. another giant blade. huge blades are inherently threatening in most contexts. open carrying a sword of any kind is inherently clownish unless you legit live in the jungle/3rd world.
anything useful as a camping/kitchen knife tool is also not going to really be "sword sized" and probably bordering more on "big fixed blade/combat knife."
IMO anything with a THICC machete-like blade is good because any untrained moron can quite easily break forearm bones, shin bone, or instantly KO someone with it. they make tactical machetes with sharpened tips. Cold Steel also makes a very affordable Katana Machete and Wakizashi Machete if you are feeling extra autistic.
something thin like a rapier is going to be much more difficult to kill or incapacitate with if someone was insane enough to attack you unarmed or armed with a typical shorter melee weapon.
t.
o-katana
Most elegant so no formally threatening
But everyone knows its power
Size better suited for larger Westerners
I have a Tachi with a 32 inch blade and I cannot imagine carrying that shit around all day. If he's going to autistically carry a sword around he should carry something short.
Or just, not do it at all. I live in Texas where you can do this and nobody does it, because why the frick would you?
Samurai carried two swords all day every day.
Stop b***hing.
You sound like a little girl.
Is this you?
People don't want to admit Sephirothcore and 9 foot long swords are cool as frick.
swords are shit
[this post is sponsoed by polearm society]
Gladius, Seax or Kreigsmesser are probably your best bets
>fantasy swords
No such thing. USAF has made all swords quite real.
>However, threatening designs
If threatening designs are banned just carry a katana LOL
Honestly I'd say a wakizashi, if you want to jump in and out of a vehicle a regular katana will be too long. Also have you seen how fast people can draw a blade that length in iaido and stab? Besides if you're carrying a sword you're more likely going to be responding to a threat stuff like iaido makes sense in that context it's probably the more important skill you'd need with having one.
Carry a rapier and instead of a dagger in the other hand, make it a wakizashi.
Also carry both on the left like a samurai for the lulz.
Standard Arming Sword.
Meter of blade, hand and a half handle, nice rounded pommel, and one quillion thinner then the other so it can punch through stuff if you must.
Is useful. If it's too inconvenient to carry, use a Shortsword. Like a Gladius or somesuch.
>Standard Arming Sword.
>40"
>hand and a half handle
>one quillion thinner then the other so it can punch through stuff if you must
Get one of those sword canes
>It's legal for me to open carry a sword
CHECK YOUR SELF DEFENSE LAWS FIRST. Carry it all you want, but if the laws concerning use is shit, you're going to jail for being an idiot with a sword.
Concealed weapons have very, very different laws
imagine living in a state without a good stand your ground law. in mine you can defend yourself with anything you can legally have on your person.
In what fricking state would it be legal to use a firearm for self defense, but not a sword?
No balls
You won't do it.
Was going to post this. Rocking a zweihander would be an absolute chad move.
What a range of responses here. The autistic answer is the longest sword you can get and still wield nimbly, because yea skewering folk from 6 feet away with a spadone is inherently less risky than going in grappling with a dagger. But obviously a spadone is too big to carry around everywhere so the only reasonable answer is a saber. They were the final evolution of European sword design for a reason. They’re perfect all rounder weapons with good hand protection and general utility. light enough to carry all day, heavy enough to absorb pretty powerful incoming strikes wiith its inertia, it’s short enough to fight indoors, and long enough to avoid a grapple. You can slash and hack and stab. Plus you can cosplay as a pirate which is more endearing than threatening really.
Falchion.
If you aren't sitting use a rapier or a small sword.
https://landsknechtemporium.com/products/standard/messer/Gustav-M4D-Messer
>usable as a kitchen knife/camping tool.
What are you moronic?
>Samurai Jack sama
Gladius, messer, langseax, cutlass
A straight sided pompeii/fulham gladius would probably be the most useful just as a big knife and as a sword. Anything with an upturned point is going to be a shitty stabber.
Go around in full plate armor with a longsword or low t homosexual
Carrying a saber will make you look sophisticated. Anything else will make you look like a savage.
Why do sabers have such a sexy name?
Hard disagree
Sabres are gaudy at best. There are better refined looking weapons, both functional, and ceremonial.
>gaudy
Yes
Only way for you to do this and not look like a deranged sociopath is to wear a fedora.
i carry this because im not allowed to carry a gun, you can carry anything in ohio now.
>t. moron no.jpg
imagine being so much of a b***h you have to cry over a classic meme style being applied to a cartoon joke that happens to fit perfectly
>WAHHHHHHHH PEOPLE ARE HAVING FUN!
>WAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
>WAHHHHH THEY HAD FUN WITHOUT ME!!!!
>classic meme style
Wut?
>he doesn't know about chain reply memes
lurk moar you fricking newbie.
everyone making fun of OP is a homosexual. swords have a proven track record of modern self defense
Fricking champion.
Good sword for crowds.
Good technique as well for it.
Not going for kill shots, just warding, as he should be for multiple people of individual low hazard.
Dare I say it, but incredibly based.
Is this mexico?
America. Looks like it might be a New York license plate
floyd chimpouts in missouri i think. the rioters were throwing rocks at the guys car so he stopped and confronted them with his hand blade
yep
Stiletto.
Realistically you're just looking for a big buck knife. Maybe one of those tacticool gladius things at most.
Windlass Christus Imperat rapier. A mere 38.5" blade - very convenient.
>another gutless cutlass gay
>Cutlass
Windlass is a poo in loo forge. The sword in question is a military rapier.
You're replying to someone who agrees with you. Cutlass gays walk the plank
>Goes below deck
>Dies
And floppy as hell completely useless.
cutlass, small sword, rapier, infantry saber.
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>However, threatening designs like machetes and fantasy swords are subject to police scrutiny.
Anything is subject to police scrutiny. Carry something as plain as you like, the instant someone calls you in you're getting a citation and, ideally, a ride home. You can even expect as much with large knives. The largest knife I've ever carried in public outside of landscaping work was my kukri and the only reason nobody gave me any shit is because I was in my hunting orange and not out being a sperg.
>usable as a kitchen knife/camping tool
You're asking too much of a sword.
Only libtard cops will drag you home for not breaking the law. Move out of california.
I am from and still live in Texas.
The sky is blue.
You are a moron.
I'm in fricking idaho. People have called the cops on larpers with longswords and the cops shook hands with them and went back to the station.
Texas talks free, but in reality the people and authorities there are extremely cucked. You can roll through stop signs here unless you have washington plates. Last time I was in shitexas I was pulled over and given a ticket for 32 in a 30, not driving a rental or out of state plates.
>I'm in fricking idaho
OK, and your practical experience with carrying oversize blades is what?
i recommend the albion caithness. great balance, keeps an edge well, and doesn't make you look as autistic as the Black person with a broadsword on his back.
pic related is a decent shot of the hilt