This isn't exactly definitive, but I'm looking at the way the fingers on his left hand are sort of scrunched around the lower part of the grip (or haft, as you like). It doesn't look like his hand is fully and firmly closed around it. That probably means there's not enough room for his entire hand, suggesting it's a hand-and-a-half. Although it could mean that's just the grip style he's been trained in.
To be honest I don't know all that much about HEMA, but I've spent lots of time trying to draw hands.
This isn't exactly definitive, but I'm looking at the way the fingers on his left hand are sort of s
You could be right. I hadn't really noticed his left hand and how it's wrapped around the grip. But, yes, it does look a bit scrunched up and, since the pommel is right behind his hand, I'm now more inclined to believe it's a hand-and-a-half.
You could be right. I hadn't really noticed his left hand and how it's wrapped around the grip. Bu
For a while I was wondering why there's no fuller on the blade, but then it occurred to me: In a universe where you have bipedal wolf people and so forth walking around, there's no reason they couldn't have steel so strong and light that it doesn't need a fuller.
For a while I was wondering why there's no fuller on the blade, but then it occurred to me: In a uni
Okay. Now, I know what you're talking about. It's sometimes described as a blood trough or something like that. It allows blood to leave the body which means the blade can penetrate easier. It's even on fighting knives for that purpose. I just couldn't remember ever seeing the word used before.
Okay. Now, I know what you're talking about. It's sometimes described as a blood trough or somethi
