The tag implication #52878 holding_trident -> holding_polearm is pending approval.

Reason: A trident is a polearm.

is a trident necessarily a pole arm? I'm not even sure if it'd be considered a weapon in most contexts.

juansanchez said:
is a trident necessarily a pole arm? I'm not even sure if it'd be considered a weapon in most contexts.

The trident tag implicates polearm, stated in its wikipage. Wikipedia says it was used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.

hardshirt said:
The trident tag implicates polearm, stated in its wikipage. Wikipedia says it was used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.

I can't find any discuss on the implication of trident -> polearm, but personal I'm dubious about having a tool that's traditionally a tool used for fishing (often a thrown one, at that) implying melee_weapon. this'd be like having knife imply melee weapon.

_{also spear implies polearm when there are varieties of spears that are thrown weapons. not to mention harpoon_guns.}

_{machete also implies melee_weapon, and it also probably shouldn't.}

juansanchez said:
I can't find any discuss on the implication of trident -> polearm, but personal I'm dubious about having a tool that's traditionally a tool used for fishing (often a thrown one, at that) implying melee_weapon. this'd be like having knife imply melee weapon.

_{also spear implies polearm when there are varieties of spears that are thrown weapons. not to mention harpoon_guns.}

_{machete also implies melee_weapon, and it also probably shouldn't.}

I guess if it we're basing off its original purpose. Though, it has been used as a weapon in Ancient Rome. In Korea, it's called the dangpa and was used as a weapon in the 17th- to 18th-century systems of Korean martial arts. There appears to have been multiple instances where it was used in battles, despite also having commercial use.