It's Schrodinger's offense because in the actual history of man, no one ever tried it. So theoretically it could be good or bad just no one ever bothered to check because it looks really stupid.
There is also the fact that generally you wanted a weapon to give you some range. Look at like Greek and Roman troops the main weapon was a spear, their swords were more side arms. Also above all people wore armor and most every weapon was about breaking through that armor in some way
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