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Very good points, Mr Steflik. Every time I think I have a reasonably simple question about swords, the answer turns out to be significantly more complex than I had expected.

Would the angle of the edge differ greatly depending on the cross-sectional shape of the blade or would it be best to keep ...

Ah, that makes a lot of sense! I certainly wouldn't want to try to grab an opponent's blade, but it makes sense to be prepared to do it, if it's life and death, since it's possible to do it without losing your fingers. I think I now have a much better understanding of how typical European swords ...

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Thanks for the information. Would you happen to know whether it was possible to hold a sword blade bare hand? I know, this is extremely ambiguous, but I'm just trying to ...

I've found a huge amount of excellent information from this site, but there's one thing that I still can't work out - how sharp were medieval swords?

I know, this is a very ambiguous question. I know that swords greatly differed in design. I'm not even specifying the sword type.

The main reason I ...