Assertion: medieval sword | /r/ObjectUse | used for chopping
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text: As I wrote in my 1998, Medieval Swordsmanship, " It can be quite pitiful when leading sport fencing maestros (experienced only with flimsy foils, epees, and sabers) will reveal their prejudices with laughable statements about how Medieval swords 'weighed 10 pounds' or could only be used for 'clumsy bashing and chopping.'