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broadaxe · 8th December 2008, 12:14 PM

I would like to support the points brought up by katana & kisak. The crossguard is somehow out of proportions: the cross bars are thin comparing the terminals which look too large at their own. The crossguard is very wide comparing the grip.
An almost identical sword (probably the original, dated to the early 16th century) can be seen in Edged Weapons by Wilkinson, p. 31.

8th December 2008, 12:14 PM	#5
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 332	I would like to support the points brought up by katana & kisak. The crossguard is somehow out of proportions: the cross bars are thin comparing the terminals which look too large at their own. The crossguard is very wide comparing the grip. An almost identical sword (probably the original, dated to the early 16th century) can be seen in Edged Weapons by Wilkinson, p. 31.