Fav Medieval Sword

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Originally Posted by AhmedH

As for the favorite type of medieval sword, for me, it is the Yemeni straight double-edged sword. Second place goes to the European medieval sword.

Here's the link regarding Dhu'l-Faqar. In this link, there is plenty of information regarding the Yemeni straight double-edged sword:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17804

great article, I read it in one go. with much interest
the blade of Dhu'l-Faqar has great similarities with European swords with extremely wide blades from the 13th century in terms of geometry
Thanks for posting
jasper