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An item on the mustering benefits in the LBB Traveller era was the "blade".
It's a "hybrid knife weapon with a heavy, flat two-edged blade nearly 300mm (11.8") in length, and a semi-basket handguard." It's listed as Traveller TL3 and tares 350g (0.8 lb.) Cr50.
It's mostly associated with the Imperial Marines.
GURPS is a bit cagey about defining knives so as to not step on the toes of preconceptions and keep things flexible.
I think a large knife with an open-frame basket hilt fits the feel correctly.
TL3; Blade; sw-2 cut or thr imp; C, 1 or C; -1 parry; $50; 1 lb.; ST 6.
See Low Tech 4e p.67 and Low Tech Companion 2 p.15.
It's neat to see that the prices align between two different games published 30 years apart!
Never really liked the partial basket-hilt, but then again, when it's designed to be used with or without a space suit, not having to worry about your hand slipping could be a good thing. Though a decent cross-hilt would do the same thing and not be so stick-outy and catchy-everything as the half-basket.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I read the term 'basket hilt', I think WWI trench dagger. Sometimes shown with 'knuckleduster' grip. Something which cannot be wrenched away from the user easily. Maybe one of those designs might fit the parameters you list. I just wonder how hard are those to keep on your person sheathed, yet ready for instant use.
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The 1918 trench knife is a small knife with a partial basket hilt in GURPS terms.
DeleteFrom the pictures in The Traveller Book, the Blade always looked like it'd be awkward to wear.
The 1918 knife is ALSO a combination weapon with brass knuckles...
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