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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 1207263" data-attributes="member: 96">Yeah, I do.&nbsp; Do you?So, your contention is that it is just as easy to weild a weapon whose hilt is 1/2&quot; diameter as it is to weild a weapon whose hilt is 1&quot; in diameter, and there is no appreciable difference between that and a weapon whose hilt is, say, 4&quot; in diameter?One has to wonder, if you are right, why people bother putting grips on swords at all - why not just grasp it by the tang, if the size of the hilt doesn't matter?&nbsp; It'd certainly make them easier to construct, wouldn't it?&nbsp; But wait...nobody did that.&nbsp; I wonder why?&nbsp; Could it be that the size of the hilt is important?Try it sometime, then come back and we'll talk.&nbsp; Swinging a baseball bat a couple of times doesn't count.&nbsp; (Although I'd be interested in seeing your hitting average between a regular-size bat and this child-size one you claim experience with - I'll bet you hit less often with the child-size bat.)If the hilt size is wrong for your hand, you're not going to have a good grip.&nbsp; If you have a poor grip, your accuracy is going to be negatively affected.&nbsp; If you have a poor grip, your hands are not going to be comfortable. After you use the sword for any significant period of time, they will begin to cramp.&nbsp; You don't even need to use swords - if you go out and use different tools you'll see how important a good grip is.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 1207263, member: 96"] Yeah, I do. Do you? So, your contention is that it is just as easy to weild a weapon whose hilt is 1/2" diameter as it is to weild a weapon whose hilt is 1" in diameter, and there is no appreciable difference between that and a weapon whose hilt is, say, 4" in diameter? One has to wonder, if you are right, why people bother putting grips on swords at all - why not just grasp it by the tang, if the size of the hilt doesn't matter? It'd certainly make them easier to construct, wouldn't it? But wait...nobody did that. I wonder why? Could it be that the size of the hilt [i]is[/i] important? Try it sometime, then come back and we'll talk. Swinging a baseball bat a couple of times doesn't count. (Although I'd be interested in seeing your hitting average between a regular-size bat and this child-size one you claim experience with - I'll bet you hit less often with the child-size bat.) If the hilt size is wrong for your hand, you're not going to have a good grip. If you have a poor grip, your accuracy is going to be negatively affected. If you have a poor grip, your hands are not going to be comfortable. After you use the sword for any significant period of time, they will begin to cramp. You don't even need to use swords - if you go out and use different tools you'll see how important a good grip is. J [/QUOTE]

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