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Message: <blockquote data-quote="[OMENRPG]Ben" data-source="post: 5805875" data-attributes="member: 6677983">If you want to go for the "cool fantasy idea bro" theme, you could develop some kind of magic or mechanical implement that would allow the sword to be popped out.I had a group of paladins in my 4e homebrew world that wielded a double-headed mace sword thing, essentially it had blades in the middle and two maces on each end (impractical, I know, but it sounds cool.) They would wear it on their back in a circular metal scabbard which had a narrow slit running along the middle. They would simply slide the blade in sideways through the slit, like sliding a piece of paper under a door, and then twist the blade sideways, "locking" it in and preventing it from falling out. This allowed them to simply twist or unlock the blade, and push on one of the heads or handles, causing the whole weapon to sort of swing out (like swinging a catapult arm through a narrow chasm, weird analogy but only thing I can think of this early). They could re-angle the scabbard however they wanted with their harnesses, and some preferred to wear it almost completely horizontal or vertical.Now, to discuss your actual blade, the reason why curved swords became more popular in sword smithing technology is due to the relative ease to draw and slice in one action. Straight-edged swords can definitely slice and chop just fine, but the leverage is a little bit different. The katana is designed to not get caught at the tip, humans with armor on have a lot of little nicks and crannies and bones and chunks of stuff that can cause a sword to snag or break. A curve minimizes this.A sword that is somewhat similar to what you're referring is the ninja-to, although it wasn't longer. Straight-edged and agile, with a similar tip as a katana. Some of the more interesting swords are the ones from lower europe/the middle east, such as the shimishir and the scimitar, or even the khopesh and other inverted curved weapons. The major advantage of the flat-edge is that it is very easy to use as a cross-brace. A curved sword can't block all that well, it is much better for deflecting. A straight-edged sword can be held quite comfortably in the hands and used as a lever to block and toss aside an enemy foe without weird bouncing/sliding physics from occurring. There is a contemporary guy, I think he works for The Armarmium, who is a master with flat-edged european style blades. You should check out his sword skills, he has videos online. Anyway, good luck writing the novel, and try not to think too much about it. You always have the right as an author to simply say "he unsheathes the sword from his back", the reader can take that to mean whatever they want it to mean. Have fun writing!</blockquote>

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