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==Medieval English Sword== | |||
* Any sword experts here? Help me out. | |||
: I'm no expert but I think that may be a longsword --[[User:AdAstra2009|AdAstra2009]] 03:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
*Yeah, looks to be around the right size. Longsword's a two-handed grip and a blade > 35in, I think. | |||
i dont think its a long sword not a big enough grip | |||
Long swords are one handed swords. It's probably a bastard sword. | |||
:A Bastard sword IS a type of Long sword, so are Broad swords and Two-handed swords (not including Great swords). - [[User:Mr. Wolf|Mr. Wolf]] 19:18, 4 April 2011 (CDT) | |||
[[User:Tim|Tim]] 03:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
[[Image:MutantChronicles14a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Benno Fürmann and Devon Aoki ready their swords]] | |||
[[Image:MutantChronicles15a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A lineup of the cast with their Medievel English style Swords. Cast from left to right: Lt. Maximillian von Steiner ([[Benno Fürmann]]), Cpl. Valerie Duval ([[Devon Aoki]]),Brother Samuel ([[Ron Perlman]]),Severian ([[Anna Walton]]),Cpl. Jesus 'El Jesus' de Barrera ([[Luis Echegaray]]),and Maj. 'Mitch' Hunter ([[Thomas Jane]]). ]] | |||
I´ve seen the film a couple of times, and i´d swear that those are one-handed longswords. The fact is that actors that don´t have sword training usually wields them as if they were 'bastard' swords. Bastard is a term coined in the XIX century to name what is today called a Hand and a half sword, that is, swords with a long enough pommel to be used one or two handed. That type of sword have a blade between 105-115 cm long, and the swords in the film are clearly shorter, about 85-90, a length usual for a one-handed longsword. | |||
It looks to defiantly be a one-handed sword. By the design it seems like a late middle ages french style one and a half handed broadsword. I didn't see it quite close enough to see if it was a one handed sword that the actors hold like a one and a half. | |||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 24 March 2013
Medieval English Sword
- Any sword experts here? Help me out.
- I'm no expert but I think that may be a longsword --AdAstra2009 03:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, looks to be around the right size. Longsword's a two-handed grip and a blade > 35in, I think.
i dont think its a long sword not a big enough grip
Long swords are one handed swords. It's probably a bastard sword.
- A Bastard sword IS a type of Long sword, so are Broad swords and Two-handed swords (not including Great swords). - Mr. Wolf 19:18, 4 April 2011 (CDT)
Tim 03:34, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
I´ve seen the film a couple of times, and i´d swear that those are one-handed longswords. The fact is that actors that don´t have sword training usually wields them as if they were 'bastard' swords. Bastard is a term coined in the XIX century to name what is today called a Hand and a half sword, that is, swords with a long enough pommel to be used one or two handed. That type of sword have a blade between 105-115 cm long, and the swords in the film are clearly shorter, about 85-90, a length usual for a one-handed longsword. It looks to defiantly be a one-handed sword. By the design it seems like a late middle ages french style one and a half handed broadsword. I didn't see it quite close enough to see if it was a one handed sword that the actors hold like a one and a half.