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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heap Thaumaturgist" data-source="post: 300728" data-attributes="member: 4516">Well, historically there may very well not have been actual "longswords" and "broadswords" as we'd think of them, but my brother and a friend of mine both have a few swords, and there's a difference today.Purportedly, all but one of their swords are copies of swords in museums and collections, but I haven't actually researched them or anything.  The one that isn't is a copy of the sword from Conan.My younger brother has a sword alot like the one pictured, and my friend has one that I would call a "broadsword".  It has a one-handed grip but the blade is about half-again as wide as the "longsword" ... to keep it light it has two fullers down the length of the blade.  I didn't measure them, but it didn't seem much shorter, if any.The friend also has a "Hand and a Half" sword, which is overal bigger, with a longer grip.And I've hefted a greatsword at a festival once, and it's ALOT bigger than a long sword, but not as heavy as it looks.My call is longsword.--HT</blockquote>