Well, in the end, what sort of weapon is best?
Even the finest helmet and gauntlets will eventually be smashed, and a famed and polished sword will break or vanish.
Weapons and armor and equipment.
Only fools would worry over such things.
If you hit something with a weapon, let it kill.
If armor protects you from an attack or two, excellent.
A blunt sword is fine.
Second-rate supplies? No problem!
Even low quality armor can save you, and even a blunt sword can kill a man.
...Even so, they'd still always polish everything up for me. My men, my father, my wife, my brother... Always.
Let's spare each other such boorish talk, I guess I should act like a hero sometimes.
Ah! Embarrassing! Embarrassing!
Well, that's all there is to it.
For weapons, anything goes.
No matter how luxurious or sturdy the helm and gauntlet, it will one day crumble,
Even a well-polished, famous spear, will snap and disappear.
Weapons and armor are consumables. Getting hung up on them is the height of folly.
For this things, not dying when you get hit is enough
Being able to defend against a strike or two is good enough.
Whether it's blunt, or top-class, or roughly-made, it's not a problem.
Why, even a crude armor can save a life, and even a blunt blade can kill.
...But well, these were polished till they shone
By my subordinates and my parents and my wife and my little brother.
I can't say anything rude about that, so I'll behave like a hero for once.
Ah, it's embarrassing, so embarrassing!
Bond Level 10 of Hector.
Hector
