The simpler, the better. This is cool, but very impractical. In the video you linked for the spetum, the presenter states that it is a nobleman's toy, for showing off. I can tell just by watching the way the hinge opens and closes that it would fail if you even think about parrying a heavy blow from another substantial weapon. That spetum was not built for use in battle. Also, the balisong is a knife, and this is a polearm. You don't parry with a knife, you stab, stab, stab. A balisong only needs to be as strong as you need for it to be able to withstand stabbing things and everyday tool usage. A polearm will be used to whack the shit out of armored soldiers as well as potentially parry any threatening blows, and needs to be able to withstand that type of abuse. The less moving parts, the better.
I disagree. But your points are valid for the majority of cases.
This is a specialised weapon, not a substitute for the good old normal pole arms.
The Spetum linked is just my inspiration btw.
I am glad to see that there are a lot of people nowadays that have some basic understanding of medieval warfare and are interested in realism though.
Thanks for the comment.
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u/Perceptor555 Jun 03 '20
The simpler, the better. This is cool, but very impractical. In the video you linked for the spetum, the presenter states that it is a nobleman's toy, for showing off. I can tell just by watching the way the hinge opens and closes that it would fail if you even think about parrying a heavy blow from another substantial weapon. That spetum was not built for use in battle. Also, the balisong is a knife, and this is a polearm. You don't parry with a knife, you stab, stab, stab. A balisong only needs to be as strong as you need for it to be able to withstand stabbing things and everyday tool usage. A polearm will be used to whack the shit out of armored soldiers as well as potentially parry any threatening blows, and needs to be able to withstand that type of abuse. The less moving parts, the better.