Not just a little heavy - a little big too. A sword has to "fit" your body proportions. Even if it was light enough for her to lift, she'd probably cut herself to ribbons trying to wield it instead of her enemy. Judging by her beautifully rendered expression, she's just now realizing that... :)
Not just a little heavy - a little big too. A sword has to "fit" your body proportions. Even if it w
Yup, but there's a REASON greatswords typically have a long handle and a nice fat pommel to shift the balance point to within a few inches of the guard. If it looks like a greatsword to you but has a basket hilt, don't try it. "Bad things" will happen :) And speaking as a swordsman, I don't want ANY of those "bad things" happening in my dojo or salle, the blood never comes out of the mats and you have to replace them, and that's kinda spendy, yanno?
Yup, but there's a REASON greatswords typically have a long handle and a nice fat pommel to shift th
Interesting - discounting the purely ceremonial claymores and assuming we're considering claymores that are intended to be a functional two-handed blade I find it very strange that anyone would even consider a basket hilt. A basket hilt is much more suited to a single-handed and usually single-edged (because of how it restricts wrist angle on the grip) blade. I don't honestly see a way that the techniques for wielding a two-handed or hand-and-a-half sword WOULDN'T be seriously impaired by fitting it with a basket.
Interesting - discounting the purely ceremonial claymores and assuming we're considering claymores t
I asked a friend of mine who's more into this than me. Acording to him, basket hilted claymres were used with one hand on the blade (Half-swording is what he called it I believe) as they were meant to either drop on your opponent and let the weight do the work or try to stab them by controlling it with the blade hand. He also said they were mostly used by the scotish people.
I asked a friend of mine who's more into this than me. Acording to him, basket hilted claymres were
That makes sense - (and yes, the claymore is 100% scottish - "claymore" is an anglicization of the scots gaelic "claidheamh mòr" which translates as "great sword") - many claymores were designed for half-swording, with the first few inches of the blade unsharpened or even leather-wrapped for that purpose. Personally I'd still prefer not to basket-hilt those but I can see how somebody might choose to.
That makes sense - (and yes, the claymore is 100% scottish - "claymore" is an anglicization of the s
Not to mention the original owner had a body made of hard light. That's got to effect the physics of wielding that thing a bit too. Then again, that sword is also presumably made of something in addition to just the standard materials I'd think too, since it's so special. Pretty sure it's still primarily a metal allow regardless.
Not to mention the original owner had a body made of hard light. That's got to effect the physics of
OMG you draw Connie way better than they do WOW this is just beautiful. My momma has a Scimitar and it weighs 48lbs that is a heavy sword. And btw my momma collects swords too. I just love the way you drew this very nice work.
OMG you draw Connie way better than they do WOW this is just beautiful. My momma has a Scimitar and
Well I was exaggerating a bit but the sword is really heavy but I don't actually know the weight of it. I don't know nothing about swords My momma does. I didn't know how heavy they are? I just said it because I tried to lift it one day and it almost pulled me out of my chair.
Well I was exaggerating a bit but the sword is really heavy but I don't actually know the weight of
