Shanks vs Mihawk

[Uchiha Usman]

Sooo, on the left we have Hawk-Eyes Mihawk, allegedly the strongest swordsman in the world.

Then, on the right we have Shanks. As far as I know he doesn't have any Devil Fruit abilities and uses a sword as his weapon of choice.

My question is: does this make Shanks a swordsman and thus make him weaker than Hawk-Eyes?

I know Hawk-Eyes and Shanks are not likely to cross swords since they're good buddies, but I would estimate that Shanks is stronger or at LEAST on the same level as Mihawk (being one of the four emperors and all).

wat do u guys think??
who takes it?

[Cutie Pie]

Hmm this one is a hard one because it's Mihawk was said to go after shanks for a battle and their battle was heard all across the Grand Line

[Rand al'Thor]

not really...and they used to fight regularly in the GL..also mihawk may be more skilled than shanks in swordmasnhip but shank's haki may be superior..

[u wanna die]

go shankzzzzzzzzzzzzz attack!

[Unatural]

Shanks take this for sure

[-Tsuki]

I would say they are equals, you notice from the way they talk to eachother (as if both of them were classmates or something ).

[Roronoa Zolo]

Shanks is the boss.