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Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
This represented the final stage in the trend of making very large swords, which started in the 14th century, and ended in the 16th century. In its developed form, the Zweihänder acquired the handling characteristics of a polearm, rather than a sword due to their increased size and weight, therefore adding to its striking power and longer reach.
A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed use (around 15 to 30 cm or 6 to 12 in), a straight double-edged blade of around 80 to 110 cm (31 to 43 in), and weighing approximately 2 to 3 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 6 lb 10 oz).
Subtype 5c This sword type will have a tapering edge which gradually comes up to meet the spine, which usually intersects just past the centerpoint of the sword (if drawn along the plane of the hilt). Subtype 5d These types are more commonly found from the Slovenian region. These are more of a type of ‘knife’ than the previous sword sized ...
In the Fire Emblem series, several games feature a magical sword named Falchion. However, the swords themselves feature the more common medieval straight double-edged blade. In the video game Dungeons & Dragons Online, the falchion is a curved blade wielded with two hands rather than one.
Starting in 1966, the Society for Creative Anachronism, an amateur medieval reenactment organization, renewed public interest in the practice of historic fighting arts, [13] and has hosted numerous tournaments in which participants compete in simulated medieval and renaissance fighting styles using padded weapons.
The oldest surviving English work giving technical information on staff combat dates from the 15th century – it is a brief listing of "strokes of the 2-hand staff", which shares terminology with the preceding "strokes of the 2-hand sword" in the same manuscript. [5]
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