User blog comment:Appelmonkey/Rematch: Samurai vs. Knights/@comment-36053634-20180821035402

(I still dont feel well, But Knights vs Samurais are just too hard to resist)

Guitarcar's "Deus vult!!"

Daggers: Both are very simmiliar but the Samurai's dagger has 1 edge which translates to more muscle cuts while the Knights slender dagger's slim 2 edge design means stab the gaps. Seeing that both are armored, A more precise dagger will give a better edge for me. Edge: Knight

Small swords: Hold it up there dawg!!! You forgot the damn mettalurgy!!!! The Katana by far had worse iron (Pig iron to be precise) used. While the katana is indeed infinitely better at killing of a dude made of flesh (Which happens to be mostly everybody) its durability isnt as it traded its durability for its amzing sharpness. Were not talking about handguards yet...That is one bad handguard.

Hitting plate armor can damage the katana and might bend it or chip off pieces of it. Heres proof-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3W1zg683A

Heres another counter to anyone who wants to doubt my point here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_3W1zg683A

Need more proof? Check out the comment section below each video.

Edge: Knight

Big sword: I agree with Kazanshin until I realized one word. Mordhau. Half swording is possible (or easier) with European swords. While a heavy blade is indeed concussive, A subsitute baseball bat will hit harder than how that concrete slammed on my femur. The shape of the handguard of the longsword will also deal a more concentrated blow like how smaller more pointed bullets can pierce more that bigger less pointier bullets. Edge: Knight

Polearm: "The lance won't be much of a killing weapon". Sorry Kazanshin, the lance is a killing weapon even if its blunted and used against tourmament armor (check medieval sources for that). The Lance's sheer impact is much more stronger and even if dosent penetrate, it will kill you by smashing your ribs and organs....

The Halberd is shorter while the naginata is longer. The Samurai would have gotten a tie edge if he got the more efficient slimmer yari instead as pike vs Halberd battles in the rennaissance were pretty equal. The more bladed approach of the naginata will however lose to the harder hitting Halberd. Major Edge: Knight

Clubs: A litteral medieval baseball bat subtitute will beat a doorknob on a stick subtitute. Even if the Kanabo will leave the user open to counter-attacks. The Kanabo can still outweigh that litterally with pure concussive force. Major Edge: Samurai

Armor: The Knights armor is made out of a better material and offers the same mobility than samurai armor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RR6I-BLKbQ

If the armor was gothic plate then I would have added the wedges around the gothic plate a major edge. Edge: Knight

X Factor:

Training: The Knight is trained at a further age than the samurai. That pretty much soldifies them here.

Brutality: Knight are way much more brutal. Killing peasants and eating his stuff was sometime the common alternative when on a campaign. Youre obviously much more brutal if that was your way to get rations in the 100 years war.

Physicality: Armor isnt heavy!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTwBQniLSc

The Knight still gets this though since he is trained to weigh and knock his opponent down which will require strength. He also eats meat which is packed with proteins enough to help you become stronger.

The Knight will be much stronger and will not hold their hand back to commit gruesome dirty tricks against the Samurais Edge: Knight

Sumarry:

Knights by far had better mettalurgy and they are much more experienced against armored opponents than the Samurai ever will. The Knight were also not horse archers and in a melee scenario, the Knight will take out the Samurai sooner or enough.

Note: Sorry for the rants out here. Im not that humane in discussions like this really....