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Oddly enough, the poor design is on purpose. Think of it this way:
"Cause it'll hurt more."
I always figured the block and struggle maneuver was the whole point. Like arm wrestling except the loser gets his eye poked out.
It will hurt the user more, yes.
It's a bad weapon design.
The guy who designed it for Worf in TNG, was inspired by a Chinese single-handed weapon. That weapon was not widely used because it wasn't actually that good.
Still, the deer horn knives are theoretically a sound choice for a weapon, provided your goal is to disable the opponents while likely getting skewered from range.
The Bat'leth is just a useless hunk of metal.
It was designed to be showy and look interesting on camera, not as a practical weapon, and it really does fail as a practical weapon.
Agreed to a point. Klingons are a proud people. Any petaQ can pull a disruptor or transport you into space (O'Brien looking around suspiciously), but a true warrior will triumph even with a ridiculous handicap. "A fucking pencil!"
I do understand the drive for hand to hand combat. That's how I'm rating it. And even compared to other kligon weapons, the Bat'leth is just bad.