new man at arms!

#3 - notsohappygamer

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(08/22/2017) [-]

The chainsword was their best episode

#4 to #3 - smartythechicken [OP]

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(08/22/2017) [-]

youre emperor-damn right!

#2 - sinery

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Christ I also always thought they were like big box cutters.
Retarded design if you ask me.

#5 to #2 - TheMather

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(08/22/2017) [-]

Titans' skin is retardedly hard, so I believe the design is so that they can make the blades as hard as possible to hold an edge better, and then just break off the ruined sections when they start to chip.

#6 to #5 - sinery

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(08/22/2017) [-]

They don't thrust though.

#7 to #6 - TheMather

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Why would they? In order to defeat the titans, they need to slice off a section of their nape. Only thing thrusting attacks could ever help with would be blinding the titans.

#8 to #7 - sinery

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It's a sword, removing the dull tips doesn't make the rest of the sword sharper, only lighter.

#9 to #8 - TheMather

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(08/22/2017) [-]

And easier to produce.
They aren't pointed because it would be a waste of time and steel to make them pointed. They're shaped the way they are because they're designed to repeatedly cut through something extremely hard.

#10 to #9 - sinery

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***** what?
1) They are jumping around in goddamn medieval jetpacks, manufacturing difficulty of a goddamn sword pales in comparison to that.
2) Why on earth would it be more difficult to manufacture a solid blade rather than whatever you call the blade type of box openers?

#11 to #10 - TheMather

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Given that they are mass-produced are they quite definitely machine fabricated, probably by stenciling. This means that they will have more significantly more lateral than linear strength. In order to produce sufficient linear strength for a pointed tip to be usable, they would have to use a different fabrication technique that would require additional steps.

#12 to #11 - sinery

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**** does any of that has to do with box cutter blade?

#13 to #12 - TheMather

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The box cutter blades are:
1. Easier to produce.
2. The optimal shape for killing titans.
3. Can have segments snapped off as they dull, in order to last longer.