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Originally Posted by Tordenskiold1721
We can say for sure that it is not an Estoc. The blade is not made for piercing plate armor or good quality mail of the period.
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For clarity, estocs were not meant for piercing plate armor, or even good quality riveted mail for the simple reason that they were not capable of doing that. They were capable of defeating leather armor, gambesons and low quality mail, but not much more than this.