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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 3086250" data-attributes="member: 20931">not wholly true. Those are over all lengths. Shortswords blades were usually up to about 18&quot;. Longsword blades are closer to 30&quot;, unless you're prepped to use it two handed. Reading on-line the 36&quot; blades for longswords were designed as two handed models (the sites even refer to the longsword as a type of two handed sword).A typical katana blade length varies from 27&quot; to 32&quot; (contemporary models made for folks of roughly 6'). Wakizashi ranges from about 17&quot; to 20&quot;.My katana has a 27&quot; blade. It has more than 3&quot; on the European Shortswords I've seen.Blades tend to vary in form/function with need and differing makers. A wakizashi is a shortsword that doesn't fit your description. The same can be said for a machete, and they have been used in combat very effectively.If the humans could adapt to the differences in each blade (mass production doesn't exist for them), so can any intelligent small creature. If you let something akin to 1 to 2 lb of weight throw you off, you really shouldn't be fighting.If we're working on the premise of what can realistically be wielded, we should also look at what they would realistically be attempting to wield.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storyteller01, post: 3086250, member: 20931"] not wholly true. Those are over all lengths. Shortswords blades were usually up to about 18". Longsword blades are closer to 30", unless you're prepped to use it two handed. Reading on-line the 36" blades for longswords were designed as two handed models (the sites even refer to the longsword as a type of two handed sword). A typical katana blade length varies from 27" to 32" (contemporary models made for folks of roughly 6'). Wakizashi ranges from about 17" to 20". My katana has a 27" blade. It has more than 3" on the European Shortswords I've seen. Blades tend to vary in form/function with need and differing makers. A wakizashi is a shortsword that doesn't fit your description. The same can be said for a machete, and they have been used in combat very effectively. If the humans could adapt to the differences in each blade (mass production doesn't exist for them), so can any intelligent small creature. If you let something akin to 1 to 2 lb of weight throw you off, you really shouldn't be fighting. If we're working on the premise of what can realistically be wielded, we should also look at what they would realistically be attempting to wield. [/QUOTE]

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