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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7808644" data-attributes="member: 4348">Swords were typically two handed weapons?Yeah...right.&nbsp; and I have beachfront property in Oklahoma to sell you.The ones that I have gotten that show that either those guys had REALLY SMALL hands, or most were made for a sword and shield type fighting...and have space to easily fit one hand, but is very hard to fit two hands in holding it.&nbsp; Some may have been made for two hands, but a vast majority could be held comfortably with one hand.&nbsp; Two hands and you'd have half of your second hand holding air.I'm not really connected that much to the conversation, but the idea that all the normal swords (aka, the longsword as it is known in D&amp;D) held by a majority of the swordsmen soldiers in the period after 1100 were two handed swords is pure bunk from what I have seen from the actual swords of the time period.Some had two handed grips, but a vast majority of them were not created as such.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7808644, member: 4348"] Swords were typically two handed weapons? Yeah...right. and I have beachfront property in Oklahoma to sell you. The ones that I have gotten that show that either those guys had REALLY SMALL hands, or most were made for a sword and shield type fighting...and have space to easily fit one hand, but is very hard to fit two hands in holding it. Some may have been made for two hands, but a vast majority could be held comfortably with one hand. Two hands and you'd have half of your second hand holding air. I'm not really connected that much to the conversation, but the idea that all the normal swords (aka, the longsword as it is known in D&D) held by a majority of the swordsmen soldiers in the period after 1100 were two handed swords is pure bunk from what I have seen from the actual swords of the time period. Some had two handed grips, but a vast majority of them were not created as such. [/QUOTE]

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