Did you get bored sooner by one or the other? Equipment makes a pseudo-class for your character different equip/set of equip gives different bonus and penalty. While swords swing almost 360-degrees around and above you, poles can poke enemies in all directions, and flails stretch out to hit opponents.
Gave the Terrablade a … The Lantern Stick does not provide light when equipped in the Cosmetic slot. It's probably the best value:quality I have ever personally experienced, I have hundreds of hours in the game thourhgout the years, and, every once in a while, the madlads still update the game and I keep coming back to with again and again, always on the same save file, with the same castle that I built years ago - and there is always something new to do.