Adding Hooks to Swords

[gilbertocarlos]

3 pages, and I'm yet to see the answer to the original question:

If for 3-5% extra on the cost you can have a hook on your sword while keeping both it's standard cutting and thrusting attacks(I.E. you can still cut and thrust as a standard thrusting broadsword/greatsword):

A) Where would this hook be?
B) Why is there no real world example of that?
C) Shouldn't it have a penalty on things like fast draw, impaling attacks or cutting attacks?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Sindri

The difficulty of disarming has been overestimated to an absurd degree.

Not really. In order to disarm someone, you have two choices. First, you can attack the hand so they are no longer capable of holding the weapon. Secondly, you can apply more force to their weapon than they are able to apply to keep hold of the weapon.

Method 2, unless the target flinches or otherwise fails to maintain a proper grip, isn't really possible unless the target weapon has something you can grab hold of (such as a hook...), a smooth blade just doesn't have the friction to let you pull the weapon away.