The Slamurai thread is a bit too narrow for all of the other frun slammin' and slashin' and stabbin' things out there. Consider this thread >>1193 for all the king fu stuff.
I'm really quite fond of smooth maces.
I'm going to repost the wildly popular African knives from before.
Although calling them melee is probably a bit of a misnomer since at least some of them were used as throwing knives.
Shotel are probably almost a degree of cheating to include in African blades as much as a khopesh is but they're at least as African as the Tuareg swords are.
>>9628 >4th pic Reminds me of those ammonites who evolved into all kinds of weird and disturbing shapes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancyloceratina
Lances are melee weapons, right? Art by centurii-chan
>>15559 >Lances are melee weapons, right? Or possibly sports equipment. The jousting varieties were specifically made to break and splinter in a relatively safe manner when paired with jousting armor.
>>15559 Is it gay if lance tips touch?
>>18414 Second one is straight out from a From Software game.
>>18431 That's exactly what I thought too. I was shocked when I came across it and just had to post it.
>>16913 In such uncouth circumstance one is to herald immediately to all those present "Pray! No folly! No hankering!" lest your character be judged otherwise.