Swords are very different. There are so many different kinds also, like a two handed Great Sword. The two handed sword, dosent have a piece of metal that goes around your hand. It does add some protection when you have that piece of metal, because you’ll never know if some guy is like drunk and tries to cut your hands off. I think it would have downsides also, like if some Ogre like guy hits the blade of your sword with a mace, and the sword should go flying out of your hand. It might rip your fingers off, I dont know if that has ever happened before.There is actually no such thing as a short sword. There is none, because in the middle ages they mesured the person and then they crafted a sword especially for the noble and or knight. I do not know the exact scale, but the people were about 5 feet tall, and their swords were 3 feet long. So maybe it was 2 feet less that your height, or arm span.

    
Most swords were about 3 feet in length. People that were about 5 feet tall which was about average in that time, it woulf be a good distance that you could kill someone from. Now, you could hit someone farther away because people are taller, and their arm span is bigger. If you had a sword made for you, it would differ in size, because all people arent the same size. A lot of blades were reallyh thin at the point, some of them were just thin altogether.
    The ones that were thin altogether were very good for thrusting at people. Slashing with a straight broadsword wasnt as effective as thrusting with it. Scimitars, were the sword made for thrusting. You might think that slashing is the more manly thing to do right? Because you see it in movie. Thrusting can bve so devastating, it can go right through someone body and then when you rip it back out it drags out organs sometimes. Then they basically have no chance of survival.
    In Japan, the most lethal weapon they had there was a Samurais sword. Which was actually razor sharp, and the thinckness of a razor. It was so sharp that it could actually cut through a human body! It would probably be better that the Scimitar because it was so thin and light.
    It takes so long to make one of these marvellous swords. It usually takes years and years. Not like a normal broadsword that would take maybe a couple of weeks.
    Size can also effect the damage, but other attributes make up for it. Like daggers are really short, they are super light and you can move your hand fast with them. So it is easier to stab sometinhg numerous times consecutivley, better than using a short sword. But the damage cant be compared to a Great Sword. Greatswords on the other hand are really slow to use, but inflict massive damage if the dont get blocked, dodged, or parried. Also the kind of attacks you do with a sword matter as well. It would be kind of pointless to slash someone with a dagger. Plus you would have probably gotten killed already. Its pointless to slash with a dagger, because the blade is so short it wont do any damage, and if they have armour on it wont really work. It would probably be good to have when you find an enemy with his/her back turned. Then you would be able to stab them in the neck and kill them. Or, if there were assasins in that time, thats another thing it would be good for. Also,a sword would have already cut you down from like 3 feet away, with a dagger, you basically have to be up close and personal with someone to do any real damage. Unless your like throwing knife god, and can throw it at like 20 mph.
 
Near the very end of the middle ages. Sword became versatile, since they began to start using guns. You would be able to get close enough to stab someone with your sword. Swords then became into civilions defense weapon, like if someone was breaking into your house. You might have had a sword to defend yourself. After a while you probably wouldnt find anyone that would be a sword trainer because no one needed it. You would probably find that they would be replaced with gun trainers.
 
Armour can actually defend against some sword attacks. Like if you have a plate chest and someone tries to slash your side, you might get a cut from the plate chest getting bent. It would probably bruise also. A shield was a good thing to defend against swords. You could also hit people with your shield, it would hurt alot too, because it wouldnt bend it would be as hard as ever.
My sword looks like this with aluminum paint on it, so it would look metal.
If you look at the bottom of the sword, there is little fang type things. It is called a bale, and it is to protect your hand so you dont get your fingers cut off. You can also kind of punch people with it, and inflict damage to them, but not yourself. One of these versus someone without a bale is an advantage to you, plus you would probably be able to put spikes, or barbs on it to inflict even more damage.
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