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The pick's official stats not conforming to a reality check is a situation that's occurred before in GURPS.
In the original rules chainmail (mail to us nerds) was more easily penetrated by impaling weapons.
We reality checked it back in 1986 with people in the SCA.
Arrows went right through several examples of chain that people had lovingly made.
Rules match reality, go!
Except...
While our arrows were historically accurate, our mail wasn't.
All of our examples were butted rings made from mild steel wire.
Genuine mail is made from riveted rings and harder steel because it's heat treated after riveting.
Riveted mail's rings don't part when hit with an arrowhead, thus they provide just as much protection from impaling weapons as cutting.
4th edition reflects this experimental data.
I think that the reality testing wasn't done with picks because they're not sexy like swords or ultra common like bows and mail.
There's also a strong reluctance to make any weapon better at punching armor by default, otherwise the players will arm themselves with APFSDSDU bec de corbin exclusively.
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