Tell me. Do you know why it is that the sword, above all else, be celebrated as the weapon of the warrior?
The bow is better for striking down a foe at range, and the dagger if they be overly close. The hammer is better for crushing mail and bone, and the axe for hewing limbs and striking with might. The spear and the halberd and all such polearms are better for ranks of soldiery, and the fist be best of all for subduing an enemy without causing overmuch hurt.
Why, then, be the sword beloved beyond all?