User blog comment:Pygmy Hippo 2/Miyamoto Musashi vs. Andrew Jackson (Collab with Elgb333)/@comment-35680048-20190130205336

Tybaltcapulet's " Ol' Hickory" Edges:

Short Blades: A knife vs a sword that Musashi can literally throw if he's desperate enough. The Wakizashi's blade is longer and therefore will have more reach. Nuff said.Edge: 宮本武蔵

Big Swords: The Katana is a beauty of a weapon. It's been gushed over for ages for it's design and its slashing power. But here i'm gonna give it to the Model 1812 because of its hand guard,and big advantage in length giving the blade the reach on Musashi, something Jackson desperately needs here. That reach will keep Musashi away enough get in a thrust and either kill or cripple Musashi.Edge: Ol' Hickory

Ranged: This is gonna be a major boon for Jackson here. The Dueling pistol will kill Musashi if it hits him in a good spot, or severely wound him from a considerable distance. The Shuriken is simply not going to consistently do anything to Jackson. They're not designed to do any significant damage anyways, they're designed to distract someone. I'll take the Flintlock any day, due to just being more reliable and powerful in general.Edge: Ol' Hickory 

Sticks: I'm not really seeing either of these weapons being used very often in this duel and therefore this isn't really that important here. However, i'll give a nominal edge to the Bokken, having 4 inches on the cane. Edge: 宮本武蔵

X-factors: This is actually pretty close. Both of these men have plenty of experience. Musashi wins here as he's been training for most of his life. Jackson didn't really rely on training though, and let his skills do most of the talking. As for Experience, both men have various duels under their belt. As for Physicality and Dueling skills, Jackson wins. Phsyicality is straight forward, as Musashi had dedicated his life to living as a dirty hermit, physically depriving himself, while Jackson is mostly physically sound. More ambiguous though is Dueling Skills which i'm giving to Jackson because he is an amazing shot with his flintlock, and can basically get an instant win against Musashi with it. Musashi's great skill with blade will have its thunder stolen by superior technology and skill using a primitive pistol with superior range. Brutality isn't a concern, as  both men will definitely try to kill each other in a situation like this. I don't think that Musashi trying to piss off Jackson by playing dirty is going to help him much here. Jackson is already a short tempered person, so anger isn't the best thing to try to play off of here. But Jackson has a very important asset in his great pain tolerance, being able to tank injuries and still carry on. Overall, Jackson will be basically unaffected by most of Musashi's advantages, while Jackson will be able to make up for his lack of training with his superior physicality, Discipline, and  equal experience. Edge: Ol' Hickory

Overall: Musashi was a great duelist and a great warrior, but I'm actually ruling in favor of Andrew Jackson on this one. Honestly to me, it's the progression of technology and Andrew Jackson's determination and pain tolerance that win it for him here. Not only are his more important weapons superior here, he also is a rough, experienced and skilled combatant that can take a lot of punishment and still keep going. Musashi has a lot of tricks and annoying things to piss off Jackson, but Jackson I believe can overcome this and use his sword and pistol to counter Musashi's two blades and techniques.

Jackson is the more disciplined, physically able, and has multiple counters to Musashi's skills and tricks.

Andrew Jackson: 3000

宮本武蔵: 2000