Talk:Galatine Prime/@comment-24040624-20160801154953/@comment-29395378-20160802193942

Never did I say the blade was dull, although I would say something in this 'argument' is rather dull. By the way, large swords that were dull and overly large did exist, Europe had them and countries all the way through even to Japan had them. Most were made to be used against cavalier riders, either striking the rider or even with the attempt to crush the horse along with it. They became unpopular because of their general use was unweildy for the average footsoldier, cost more to produce when a simple spear was very easy and common and it caused the loss of a well-trained warhorse, where as smiply killing the rider and claiming the expensive horse would be better.

Many swords were powerful and needed heft to relay shock through armor, although it is a misconception altogether to say that all knights or all combatants had full plate armor, this was simply not the case or the norm, most wore only gambeson or chainmail in conjunction with some plate armor, or at times, no plate at all. Most, if not all swords were sharp to provide a cut, but Estocs and similar swords meant for thrusting and piercing between armor generally had no valuble cutting edge. Instead they favored hardness and a strong point to make their way through/between armor or padding.

Also, for swords with double the hilt's width, why not actually go look around at historical swords or true-to-era reproductions? Claymores, flamberge, and several variants of zweihander are just a few that held with this property for much of the blade to have such a width and either have a taper towards the guard or towards the tip, and that isn't even starting a talk on leaf-bladed swords, which came in many sizes and variant. Take a look at current swordmakers that keep within historical reference or guidelines for their pieces or research on HEMA or Wikipedia if you would like as well. And here, to site some few sorces, all of these are reproductions of historically accurate depictions and found evidence as well as wikipedia articles themselves:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore#/media/File:Scottish_claymore_replica_(Albion_Chieftain)2.jpg http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AH3418&name=Gallowglass+Sword+ http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=ANH16B&name=Albion+Talhoffer+Bastard+Sword+with+Waisted+Grip+ http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=ANS8&name=Albion+Bayeux+Sword http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=MHW1112&name=Early+14th+Century+Cinquedea