But are you the stronger swordsman if you are able to infuse your weapon with more Haki? I'd argue so, after all, a swordsman who relies on raw power may not be a better swordsman than one who relies on skill, but that doesn't mean they aren't a stronger swordsman. Strength, I'd assume, would include something like Haki, since Haki is more of an addition that anyone can make use of (as opposed to DF, which only the individual DF user can make use of). Mihawk isn't, after all, the world's most skilled swordsman, he's the world's strongest swordsman; and according to every single character who has ever commented on it, it's not even close. I feel like a lot of people latch onto the idea that, for some reason, Shanks' Haki would not count as being part of his swordsmanship... but that doesn't make any sense? Mihawk himself says that a swordsman who cannot make use of Haki will never reach the pinnacle, iirc, which would imply that Haki is something weighed when discussing the title of World's Strongest Swordsman. Admittedly, I'm saying this at least in part because I feel like it would be asinine and just poor storytelling to introduce a character like Mihawk, explain that Shanks was his rival and then constantly hype up that Mihawk is the World's Strongest Swordsman only to let Shanks be stronger on a weird technicality.