User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 431 & 432: My sword is... & Brair in Love, Review./@comment-1776824-20150428200536/@comment-7418318-20150428214637

But if the butter-knife is destroying the other sword with a simple touch, waving it around is enough to win in many cases.

Unless the opponent knows the power of the sword, their first instinct will be to block the attack rather than dodge it, but the moment they do it's over.

Losing your sword will at least open up a hole in the opponents guard, which can easily be used for a wounding or killing hit, even by a medicore swrodsman. If the enemy is surpsied that gives an extra split-second (or even seconds depending on the individual) or even completely disarms them if they had only one sword to begin with.