What's the point of 1h weapons?

Yeah I know they can be used with a shield but like, the majority of a shield usage is to not get shot up, and you can just use a shield empty handed on the approach and switch to a 2hander in melee instead. On horseback they are terrible because of their poor reach and damage, on foot a shield and 2hander are often better, and even in sieges where short weapon are preferable you can make some very short 2hander axe and go to town that way. I'm I missing something about 1hander?

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