The dubious quick kill pt1 & 2

[Mortblanc]

Unless the opponent was completely unarmed the one that "prevailed" will be more intent on seeking his own medical attention than dispatching anyone.

Even the winner of a knife fight goes to intensive care.

One of the reasons the British archers were so hated by the rest of Europe was not due to their skill with the longbow. It was because they would charge the battlefield to dispatch the grounded and wounded knights using their belt daggers. They even developed the roundel dagger for this use. The archers were seeking loot to take from the dead bodies and cared nothing for taking the enemy alive and holding them for ransom, which was the way gentlemen fought.