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Author ID: Thousand Hands Melon Tone
Release date: 2022.7.17
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First of all, the conclusion: due to the outrageous sword body and the length of the sword grid from the physical level to limit the use of many skills, Hawkeye is likely to be a powerful miracle player when he uses the black knife night. As the famous meyer swordsman in the circle said, there is nothing that cannot be solved by rage, and if there is, there is a strong rage.
Statement: I don't know much about military strikes, and I only know a little about cold weapons, but I like to examine and complain, and if there is a mistake, I am welcome to correct it.
The original intention of writing this analysis is because I like to watch the cold-hearted fights in the anime, and I am very much looking forward to the duel between Sauron and Hawkeye, and when reviewing the Hawkeye clip, I found that the design of Black Knife Night is really a bit functionally troughed, and it is really not unpleasant.
One, what kind of knife/sword is black knife night closest to in reality?
In terms of form, black knife night is most similar to Kreigsmesser. This is a weapon used by medieval German mercenaries, meaning "war knife", born out of a hunting knife/machete, unilateral blade, cross hand guard, two-handed grip, longer than a one-handed sword, the length is comparable to a German longsword, but the front section of the blade has a curved blade, as shown in the picture. It can be seen that the black knife night is an enlarged version of this knife.
However, the contrast can be seen that the black knife night is not the equal ratio of kreigsmesser, in terms of the ratio of sword width and sword handle, the blade of the night is obviously wider, and the tip part of the knife is more like the traditional machete/hunting knife, although the picture I chose is a bit near the big and far small problem, but in the animation production, the tip part of the night sword is indeed wider than the part near the handle. The second is the exaggerated handguard that is ridiculously long, which looks very exaggerated in proportion, but this long handguard may have the role of a counterweight. Since the night's knife body is extremely long and the tip is wide, its center of gravity must be close to the handguard to allow the weapon to be swung flexibly. Its counterweight must be very scientific to ensure balance when swinging. A good counterweight saves the user's effort, so swinging a two-handed sword is mostly less labor-intensive than it seems. Black Knife Night was rated as the Supreme Fast Knife perhaps not only because of the sharpness of the blade, but also because of its exquisite counterweight. Obviously, the forger of this knife is not only well versed in metallurgy, but also very good at mechanics. What is the gold content of the supreme fast knife (tactical back).
In terms of size, the closest thing to the Night of the Black Knife is the German-style two-handed giant sword. (Of course, other European countries also have two-handed greatswords, but the German two-handed greatsword zweihander is more famous) There is a 180-centimeter-long two-handed giant sword in the Hungarian museum, weighing 3.6 kilograms (information and pictures from the Zhihu Cold Weapons Research Institute).
According to the proportions, the total length of the black knife night is about 220 centimeters, or it may be longer. The weight is not easy to say, it depends on the material science of the pirate world.
With a realistic prototype, then it is possible to speculate on the style of swordsmanship. Unfortunately, neither Kreigsmesser nor Zweihander has a systematic sword lineage, but we can start with the same two-handed swordplay, which looks and length more similar to Kreigsmesser. I looked at some of the european historical martial arts (HEMA) organization's video materials to see the kreigsmesser and the longsword duel, and felt that there was no particular difference in the techniques between the two sides (perhaps because I was a layman). There are several factions of The German-style longsword, the most famous of which is the Meyer Sword Technique, which will not be repeated here, and you can search for your own feelings if you are interested. I think that the difference between European sword and Japanese swordplay is obvious that European sword has a move that uses the cross sword grid for close blocking, and it belongs to the basic technique. In contrast, Japanese swords also have sword shackles, but it seems that they are rarely used to block attacks, but are simply used to protect the palms. However, unfortunately, this Kind of European Sword Blocking Technique did not appear in the pirates, most likely because Oda did not expect that the sword grid could still be played like this, which was really outside the thinking of Japanese kendo. Since I have talked about the difference between the European sword and the Japanese sword, I must take a look at the "chaotic blade heavy flower T-shaped" of the black knife night. The word comes from Darth Vader's mouth and is used to describe the blade pattern of the Night of the Black Knife. The blade pattern is the texture produced by the local heat treatment during the forging of the samurai sword, and it is necessary to use the earth covering process, but there is no such step in the forging process of the European sword! Therefore, as a European sword, black knife night cannot have the blade pattern of a Japanese sword, at most it has a forging pattern like a Damascus knife. Of course, I understand Oda because he is Japanese and thinks that a good knife must have a cool blade pattern.
Second, the disadvantage caused by length
Although it is said that an inch is long and an inch is strong, there will indeed be some problems with a sword that is too long. The first was the drawing and retracting of the knife, and the length of the night meant that Hawkeye could not pull the knife out without destroying the straps on his back, and his arm length did not allow him to carry out the kind of knife that was inserted into his back at will. But this is a small problem, two-dimensional who will not wear a model knife to close the knife ah, is it Sephiroth? The big problem is that the sword body with too long a night greatly limits its flexibility. Hawkeye and Black Blade Night are swords longer than humans, so there is some restriction on using the top-up attack that sweeps from the bottom up on flat ground. Because if you want to complete an upward movement, the tip of the sword needs to sweep an arc underneath. If you want to make a vertical pick, any sword with a blade longer than the length of a leg will appear to plunge into the ground before making a complete downward arc to slash the enemy (see the red part in the picture), not to mention the ultra-long sword body of the Black Blade Night. If Hawkeye wants to make a provocation, it can only tilt the angle of the sword, obliquely upwards, and also have to tilt a larger angle than the general longsword. Vertical flat ground provocation is physically unattainable for him (unless the physics of the Pirate World is Ubisoft's responsibility, of course, if Hawkeye stands on a high platform or jumps into the air, it's a different matter).
This is equivalent to one less maneuver to use than people with ordinary swords, which is very embarrassing; Then the sword was too long for him to turn the windmill with the sword like Sauron, which was a pity.
Another big problem is the length of the sword grid. Imagine Hawkeye holding the sword horizontally in front of his chest, and the distance from the sword body to him must be greater than the length of the one-sided sword grid. I thought Hawkeye's arm length should allow him to do this, but given that the ridiculous length of the sword grid would be a very awkward posture, which showed that using the Black Blade Night for close defense would be very twisted. Because the sword grid and the sword blade are parallel, when the two blades are opposed and the black sword night blade is facing outward, one side of the sword grid will be facing inward, which means that Hawkeye will either block other people's swords outside the length of the sword grid, or adjust the angle of the sword blade contact, otherwise the super long sword grid will poke him. Therefore, in the close combat of frequent blade encounters, Hawkeye needs to consider more about the angle of the sword blade contact and the distance from itself than the average swordsman. I would like to call the circle in front of Hawkeye, which is half the length of the sword grid, as his defensive embarrassment zone, because within that range Hawkeye cannot resist the attack at an angle of vertical outward facing the blade, which means that there is a limit to flexibility. The general cross handguard counts 10 centimeters on one side, this embarrassing area is almost negligible, and the black knife night is almost forty or fifty centimeters, which is still a bit of an impact on close combat. However, while this exaggerated sword grid can be a little restrictive in close combat, it can also be an advantage in certain situations.
Third, the advantages caused by length and weight
1. The hilt of the sword strikes the person
The body of the Ou sword is not all bladed, and the first third to one-half of the sword near the hilt is blunt, used for blocking, and the hand can hold it. Half-swording is to hold the handle of the sword in one hand and the body of the blunt sword in the other, and to use the long sword as a short spear. This grip is convenient for stabbing and can stab more fiercely, or hold the blunt sword body to turn the direction of the sword, and use the counterweight at the end of the sword handle to hit the opponent's brain shell (this is a real technique), for Hawkeye, he does not even have to use the counterweight of the sword handle, just use the sword grid. So Hawkeye can not only shoot cucumbers, but also slam the temples with the end of the sword grid. I really hope to develop the sword grid usage of the Black Knife Night, such a large sword grid is too wasteful to just decorate, and it is very heroic and interesting to think about holding a side of the sword grid to pick up the sword.
2. Two-handed slashes and slashes are definitely better than one-handed slashes
The advantage of the two-handed sword lies in the stronger chopping ability, and the design of the Black Knife Night is obviously used by both hands, because once the length of the sword body exceeds 120cm, it must have a torque of 23cm to ensure flexible swing and maximum output (data from the Zhihu Cold Weapons Research Institute). Can it be used with one hand? Yes, but not recommended. This is not only a matter of strength, the arm strength of swordsmen in the pirate world is outrageous, hawkeye single-handed black knife night power is certainly OK, but the burden on the wrist will be very serious. The joints are fragile, but they have to be well cared for. And the design of the two-handed sword is that only the use of both hands can exert maximum power. Just like instant noodles can be eaten dry, but in general reason, people will take hot water to soak it when they have the conditions. Therefore, Hawkeye's one-handed sword qi is touching the fish. When fighting Luffy on the top of the war, he said that he really held the sword with both hands with full strength (the knife that cut the iceberg).
In summary, the shape of the black knife night makes it more suitable for large-scale slashing, close combat will be more stubborn, due to the length of the sword body and sword grid, some operations are physically limited, so the most comfortable output method is to throw the sword qi and release the wave. In a sense, although Hawkeye is a swordsman, it is actually more suitable for remote output. That said, Hawkeye is a power-type slashing king, very counterintuitive. Because he is the world's largest swordsman, he always feels that he belongs to the skilled one, and the result is a miracle. (Of course, the Hawkeye skill must also be passed, after all, the knife hit Sauron, but the shape of the black knife night is difficult to complete the swordplay flower, can not hold the sword flower can not turn the windmill, perhaps because the knife is difficult to make it appear that he is high... ）
Digression/Brain Hole: The scale of the Eagle Eye Slash feels a bit wasteful to hit people, it doesn't feel like a sword art for people, but more like a technology for ships or huge creatures.