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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
One thing you should understand, Endoperez, is that I've been studying weapons and armour for my entire life. I was taught by my dad who studied and assessed swords professionally, for a living, for years. I was around swords, I read about them since I've been able to read, I've studied fencing and fighting with a wide variety of midieval weapons, both Western and Eastern, I've studied Eastern and Western forging techniques, and I've made a particular study of armour.
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I got the feeling you knew what you were speaking about, but it seemed to contradict what I had read before. That's why I dug up sources and didn't just go from memory: I wanted to see if my sources were wrong.
It also seems that we are either thinking of different ages or I'm totally off with my image of a knight: I was thinking of a knight armored head-to-toes in expensive armor fit to his body, riding a specially-bred war-charger. Both the horse and the armor would cost ridiculous amounts of money, so the cost of a good sword shouldn't be an obstacle.
EDIT: I knew about cloth armor, but you mentioned that clothing could make a difference, and that didn't seem right. I can't see a shirt stopping a sword, or even a knife. You probably meant something like heavy cloaks or something along those lines.