Talk:Katana/@comment-28723979-20160613224157/@comment-162.199.82.249-20160613230648

Katanas do possess superior cutting abilities, the reason it can't cut through chainmail is because it's made to protect against slashs, so thats why people use thrusts wit straight swords.

swords - piercing power.

katana-slash power.

against an unarmored guy, a katana could inflict more damage than a sword.