How do you draw a sword from a back sheath?

[AFGNCAAP]

Here's one used for a two-handed Claymore.

 

[baradtgnome]

Here's one used for a two-handed Claymore.

Looks very nice. 2 questions

Isn't 2 handed Claymore redundant? I thought that Claymores were consistantly long enough to require 2 hands to use.

Isn't that weapon pictured, although in Claymore style, too short to be a historically accurate Claymore? I thought they were all plus or minus six feet.

I'm no expert, so don't take this as gospel.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Looks very nice. 2 questions

Isn't 2 handed Claymore redundant? I thought that Claymores were consistantly long enough to require 2 hands to use.

Referred to the weapon as a two-handed Claymore outta habit: since the term Claymore has been used for certain styles of large swords & one-handed basket-hilted broadswords, I've just got into the habit of being specific about the type of Claymore.

Isn't that weapon pictured, although in Claymore style, too short to be a historically accurate Claymore? I thought they were all plus or minus six feet.

I'm no expert, so don't take this as gospel.

From what I understand, no: the larger Claymore was big enough for use in 2 hands, but I don't believe it ever got to the proportions of a flamberge or zweihander (should be a pic of a zweihander in this post); both of those weapons were 5'+ in length at least. They weren't just used on battlefields, either---IIRC, there's old texts that provide instruction on combat between 2 fighters using greatswords/two-handers (i.e., duelling with these sorts of swords).

Also, from what I understand, most of the larger, two-handed swords more or less cropped up mostly near the later periods of the Middle Ages, close to the Renaissance (before these swords were the longswords/bastard swords/war swords/ hand-and-a-half swords, made to deal with the rising prevalence of various plate armors).

There's a lot of info floating around on what is/isn't a particular type of weapon (and how said weapons are/aren't used).
This is a good site for ancient weapon combat methods.

 

[TwilightWhisper]

From what I've seen in some motion pictures, the greatsword can be worn across the back for transport. The greatword I use in particular is carried on the back. When my fighter prepares for battle, he pulls the scabbard down parallel across his waist and tightens a strap from which his sword will hang.
One of my players has a Jovar in the Eberron campaign we are running, unfortunately that particular weapon cannot be sheathed. I try to add some sort of realism to a fantasy campaign.