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Message: <blockquote data-quote="big dummy" data-source="post: 2883834" data-attributes="member: 41052">Sledge,I'm more than a little familiar with the ARMA, I hosted their 2004 'Southern Knights' training event in New Orleans.  The huge 16th century zweihanders or dopplehanders depicted in the article you are quoting from are not portrayed in D&D.  Some examples weighed as much as 6-8 lbs, but it is highly contraversial as to whether any swords that heavy were ever used in combat (since many other zweihanders weighed considerably less).  Contrary to the opinion in that particular article it's much more likely they were display weapons.  The fact is that probably less than 1% of the swords which survive the era weigh anywhere near that wieght.I have seen and personally handled dozens of antique swords, and I've seen the records on thousands.  Weapons even half that heavy are exceeedingly rare.  For exaample, in Ewart  Oakeshotts Records of the Medieval Sword, which includes swords of all sizes and is still consdiered the definitive overview of medieval swords (including by ARMA), not a single example he describes weighs more than 4 pounds.  Very few weigh more than 3.Since you asked, I came up with my assumption as to sword weight from about 20 years of study of Spathology.  If you really want to know, rather than trying to cherry pick some stat of a freak weapon, go on a website like sword forum international, or myarmoury, or the ARMA, and ask them how much swords weighed.  Ask them about your eight pound sword.BD</blockquote>

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