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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 2128158" data-attributes="member: 9410">The Encyclopedia of the Sword:Copyright 1995 by Nick Evangelista.&nbsp; Page 79:&quot;BROADSWORD.&nbsp; A sword with a straight, wide, single-edged blade, often employing a basket-type hilt.&nbsp; An average blade length would be 36 inches.&nbsp;&nbsp; The broadsword was the favorite military sword of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries (although it was also used in the sixteenth century).&nbsp; It was also the weapon commonly used by the lower classes.&nbsp;&nbsp; One version of the broadsword, the Highland broadsword,* was adopted as the national sword of Scotland.&nbsp; Another, the schiavona,* was Italy's version of the weapon.REFERENCESCastle, Egerton. Schools and Masters of Fence.&nbsp; London: George Bell, 1885.Wilkinson, Frederick. Swords and Daggers.&nbsp; New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967.&quot;Page 364:&quot;LONG SWORD.&nbsp; The long sword was of the two-handed variety.&nbsp; It was invariably a cutting weapon and was always, because of its length and weight, used on foot.&nbsp; Blades of these weapons often reached five feet and more in length.&nbsp;&nbsp; The long sword family includes the claymore, the spadone, the espadone, the zweyhander, and the flamberge.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also called a &quot;great sword.&quot;REFERENCECastle, Egerton. Schools and Masters of Fence.&nbsp; London: George Bell, 1885.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 2128158, member: 9410"] [b]The Encyclopedia of the Sword:[/b] Copyright 1995 by Nick Evangelista. Page 79: "[B]BROADSWORD.[/B] A sword with a straight, wide, single-edged blade, often employing a basket-type hilt. An average blade length would be 36 inches. The broadsword was the favorite military sword of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries (although it was also used in the sixteenth century). It was also the weapon commonly used by the lower classes. One version of the broadsword, the Highland broadsword,* was adopted as the national sword of Scotland. Another, the [I]schiavona[/I],* was Italy's version of the weapon. REFERENCES Castle, Egerton. [I]Schools and Masters of Fence[/I]. London: George Bell, 1885. Wilkinson, Frederick. [I]Swords and Daggers[/I]. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967." Page 364: "[B]LONG SWORD[/B]. The long sword was of the two-handed variety. It was invariably a cutting weapon and was always, because of its length and weight, used on foot. Blades of these weapons often reached five feet and more in length. The long sword family includes the claymore, the [I]spadone[/I], the [I]espadone[/I], the [I]zweyhander[/I], and the [I]flamberge[/I]. Also called a "great sword." REFERENCE Castle, Egerton. [I]Schools and Masters of Fence[/I]. London: George Bell, 1885." [/QUOTE]

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