The Klingon Mek'leth - How practical is it?

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A viewer was kind enough to lend me a reproduction of this iconic Star Trek blade for review. So I gave it a look based on my experience with swords and historical fencing to get an idea of how well such a design would do in hypothetical combat.

As it turns out it's not bad really. The design is fancy but purposeful and aside from the primitive grip wrapping I couldn't find anything particularly wrong or impractical about it.

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