Just put tagme down in case anyone knows what the various bits of armor are called

edit: many thanks Zer0Axiom!

"ive seen in some Viking martial arts that their shields were soft enought to be penetrated so the enemies swords would get stuck"

Cool story, bro...but given samurai swords were often tested based on how many bodies they could clever in one stroke, a shield like that would be completely in two before a Viking could even finish saying, "Oh, shi-"

hotmakiroll said:

"ive seen in some Viking martial arts that their shields were soft enought to be penetrated so the enemies swords would get stuck"

Cool story, bro...but given samurai swords were often tested based on how many bodies they could clever in one stroke, a shield like that would be completely in two before a Viking could even finish saying, "Oh, shi-"

Yeah... but the thing is, it's soft areas is only focused on the edges, not the entire shield. I mean, if the shield can be cut into two with a sword, no one would be using a shield like that in the first place.

hotmakiroll said in comment #2544822:

"ive seen in some Viking martial arts that their shields were soft enought to be penetrated so the enemies swords would get stuck"

Cool story, bro...but given samurai swords were often tested based on how many bodies they could clever in one stroke, a shield like that would be completely in two before a Viking could even finish saying, "Oh, shi-"

Yeah, human bodies, everyone and their mom knows human bodies are fortresses of durability, especially starved Japanese death row prisoners from the edo period, they might as well have cut through concrete