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<blockquote data-quote="Moon-Lancer" data-source="post: 4595384" data-attributes="member: 35798">I mostly more or less agree. I think a claymore and zweihander&nbsp; are about the same size though (in real life), as zweihander just means two hander. awhile ago i heard about a sword called a zweihander that was so big it required two swordsmen to wield and it was used against cavalry, although i haven't found any positive documentation to back that up, so I remain skeptical.One way to get around the awkwardness of dual wielding essentially two handed swords is to make the figures look more bulky and giving them large hands. that seems to be the style these days. the ultimate problem with dual wielding two handed swords (real life) is leverage , length, weight. The longer the sword the more likely they will interact with the opposite sword unintentionally, while at the same time the longer the sword is, the more weight that's put outside the body's center of gravity, and thus the more cumbersome the sword becomes.I would be interested in seeing 46-50 inch swords tweaked for dual wielding. just a random thought, The leverage one gains from the left hand is amazing</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moon-Lancer, post: 4595384, member: 35798"] I mostly more or less agree. I think a claymore and zweihander are about the same size though (in real life), as zweihander just means two hander. awhile ago i heard about a sword called a zweihander that was so big it required two swordsmen to wield and it was used against cavalry, although i haven't found any positive documentation to back that up, so I remain skeptical. One way to get around the awkwardness of dual wielding essentially two handed swords is to make the figures look more bulky and giving them large hands. that seems to be the style these days. the ultimate problem with dual wielding two handed swords (real life) is leverage , length, weight. The longer the sword the more likely they will interact with the opposite sword unintentionally, while at the same time the longer the sword is, the more weight that's put outside the body's center of gravity, and thus the more cumbersome the sword becomes. I would be interested in seeing 46-50 inch swords tweaked for dual wielding. just a random thought, The leverage one gains from the left hand is amazing [/QUOTE]

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