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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arrgh! Mark!" data-source="post: 1763850" data-attributes="member: 14559">I think we all agree with the fact that pretty much all double-swords are useless.And to be honest, I wouldn't like to try a double knife, though I'm mainly a single-handed type of guy. Give me a bucker any day. Earlier on in the thread there was some nonsense about a downward cut, followed by a reverse to gut them. Now, I've tossed around a few swords in my time (2 years of so called WMA) and I'm trying to imagine using this two bladed thing in a downward cut. Metal problems aside, AND assuming it's the size of a quarterstaff, wouldn't there be vast problems with grabbing the shaft? The nastiest thing ever done to me was when we were going the two hander, and I was piddling about and he parried my downward cut (I was in half-sword) and I attempted to give him a nudge with the pommel (Yeah, well, I was new) but ended up on the tip of his blade. (Spadrone). The problem, even with a quarterstaff sized thing, is (IMHO) that there isn't a great deal of distance, and there isn't a great deal of speed in the cuts themselves. It'd be like swinging a two handed sword from halfsword with one hand, the other being negated by the fact you don't want to cut yourself.Well, hopefully this makes a bit of sense, though of course the dreaded two bladed sword is already given the dustbin.*Cringes from DB's reply*</blockquote>