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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darklone" data-source="post: 3462089" data-attributes="member: 1372">If he's a troll, then the greenskinned regenerating sort of, not the small funny one with hat.For the slow ones of mind: He's right.Sorry paw. A few years ago we checked a medieval greatsword in an Italian museum. 1,5 kg with 1,60m length. These greatswords have been used pretty much like quarterstaffs... if you ever fought someone who knew how to use them, you'll never joke about them anymore. My own bastard sword for practising with 1.5mm edge (that means it's lots too heavy) weights 1.3kg. A real bastard sword is hardly above 1.1 kg. Like a real katana would be.That viking broadsword mentioned above... weight 800 grams. Yeah. Hardly more than a modern fencing sabre. With a cutting quality that Japanese high quality katanas reached 800 years later.Can you imagine why rapiers haven't been that often used even while they have been known since 2000 BC (Kurgan bronze rapiers)? Most other weapons have been just as fast. Even greatswords. Only problem swords ever had: You have to learn how to use them and it's not easy to learn nor anything you can do in two weeks. But if you do it... you'll love it.Edit: Another word about these 40 kg of armor. Yeah. Sounds like a lot till you had a guy wearing these suits making flipups and running after you. He won't do that for a long time sure... but fighting him is NOT fun. Try it and you'll believe me, I've always been a light armored fighter. And trust me, I like longbows. Keeps the tin cans out of reach.</blockquote>

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