Talk:War/@comment-60.48.255.13-20160130154810/@comment-92.206.17.239-20160205075258

Historically two-handed and bastardswords were sharp and could csplit a knight on a horse with a single strike in two (we asume the knight was naked). Blunt big/great swords are an urban legend, which was introduced by a scientist who assumed it because of limited knowledge and bad research. Sadly his book was taken many years for granted and the wrong knowledge still circulates eventhough older and newest research say differently. The very low weight and sharpness of bastard and great swords made them the fencing weapons they really were. It was a difficult art to learn so mercenarys in the old times (also soldiers in regular armies) were payed double the amount of other weapon styles. Thank you for reading.