User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi) vs Martin Vanger (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)/@comment-4661256-20140627194507

El Alamein's Edges:

 Melee: Hunting Knife vs. Tanto-point Knife:  A KA-BAR styled blade with a serrated edge makes it more deadly on the slash - but the straight design of the blade makes it just ass effective on a stab. The Tanto-point knife, on the other hand, looks like it'd perform better with the stab thanks to its clipped point, which could hook in easier and more painfully into a potential victim. It's all down to a matter of preferred style, but I give a slight edge to Martin Vanger simply because he is bigger physically - meaning the closer the fight gets, the more Vanger can use his size to push Sonozaki around - and he has greater "combat" experience (or at least, greater experience in murdering people). And those two factors will certainly come into play once the warriors reach knife-fighting distance.

Edge: Martin Vanger

 Melee 2: Santoku vs. Kitchen Knife:  Like you said, SPARTAN, neither of the two knives are actually designed for practical combat -they're kitchen implements made for food preparation. The Hunting Knife and Tanto-point knife will easily be more effective than these two blades. Still, the Santoku is designed to chop and dice food - not the most deadly blade when it comes to delivering a stab or even a quick and lethal slice. I see this knife as requiring multiple strikes to actually cause significant damage. The Kitchen Knife, while not much better, is at least somewhat more versatile when it comes to stab vs. slash, and once again, with Vanger's larger physical size and greater combat experience, he has the slight advantage necessary to tip the scales in his favor in a melee fight.

Edge: Martin Vanger

 Torture Implements (Yikes!): Spiked Whip vs. Power Drill:  Jeez, this battle is going to be downright savage. Anyway, while the Spiked Whip might not guarantee a kill on the first hit, if it's able to tear flesh from the bone I can easily see it as a crippling weapon - and with multiple strikes in what can be delivered in relatively rapid succession they could potentially add up to a kill. The power drill is certainly going to be lethal, but it's very short ranged, very loud and very cumbersome. I think the longer reach of the whip and it's greater ease of use take the edge over the raw killing power of the drill.

Edge: Shion Sonozaki

 Mid Range: TT-33 vs. Sig Sauer P226:  The TT-33 is certainly a time-tested tried-and-true handgun, designed by the Soviets and built for reliability and ease of access. But the round is fires is very, very small, and on top of that, its magazine isn't impressive either - 7 rounds might be okay if you're firing .45 ACP rounds, but not the TT-33's 25mm Tokarev round. Still, against only one target, it could be deadly. However, the larger magazine size of the Sig Sauer (twice the ammo capacity of the TT-33) and its more modern design get it the edge over its Russian counterpart.

Edge: Martin Vanger

 Long Range: AK-47 vs. Scoped Mauser:  The Mauser 96 rifle does have longer range (800 m vs. a potential 400 m), but it's a bolt-action rifle with a five-round magazine, and one that requires a reload process of one round at a time. Given the heavily forested terrain, it would certainly be easy for Vanger to hide in a tree or by some bushes to hunt his foe, but it would be just as likely for Sonozaki to use that foliage to her advantage and stay out of his line of sight.

TBF