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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 4964551" data-attributes="member: 82504">Most people seem to make nieve assumptions about how two handed weapons are used and games present them heavier than they ever really are or were ...(ok I will admit the latest D&D books are closer than they ever have been  a 6 or 7 pound two handed sword is huge in a historical context..)Two handed weapons do not normally even weight twice what a singlehanded one did... surprise, they are normally "faster", and used in short strokes that keep the weapon between its user and the enemy making them awesome as a threatening defense (particularly later designs with pointed ends).  In other words say hello dagger wielder to a fast and deadly opportunity attack when you try to close. <a href="http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm" target="_blank">What Did Historical Swords Weigh?</a>However, there are a few respected sources that do give some valuable statistics. For example, the lengthy catalog of swords from the famed Wallace Collection Museum in London readily lists dozens of fine specimens among which it is difficult to find any weighing in excess of 4 pounds. Indeed, the majority of specimens, from arming swords to two-handers to rapiers, weigh much less than three pounds.Note the article describes the myth of the lumbering cumbersome over large sword quite a bit, its not just about innacuracy in weight portrayal.....</blockquote>