Posted by: lore_tex
German Swords? - 10/13/08 11:36 PM
Hello, new here, hope y'all will please excuse my shaky entrance into the world of swords - and hopefully someday soon into the art of sword fighting. For now, I just have a question about a sword itself. Can anyone tell me about two handed swords? As the name suggests, they require two hands for actual use, yes? Forgive my ignorant sounding question, but I have to ask in order to learn. I'd really like to know about those two handed swords of German variety. I saw one once that was either Swiss or German and it greatly intrigued me. However, it was antique to the point of "don't touch that!" Thus a beauty to be admired but not reached for. (Actually it wasn't much to look at but the ancient age and obvious durability was what charmed me.) Now, I could search the Internet to my heart's content on this topic and never come up with anything truly promising since I'm a novice. Instead I'm here asking for firsthand knowledge if anyone would so kindly oblige, and of course I would like to see one that's fully functional. Thanks in advance.
Lisa
p.s. I'm not going to go off the deep end and buy a sword before I even practice with wooden implements (or whatever they're rightfully called, again excuse the current ignorance on the topic.) Just curious about German swords and would like to get some ideas beforehand...
Lisa
p.s. I'm not going to go off the deep end and buy a sword before I even practice with wooden implements (or whatever they're rightfully called, again excuse the current ignorance on the topic.) Just curious about German swords and would like to get some ideas beforehand...