Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Fri 23 May, 2008 11:47 am
Chris;
Well, I have this one by Del Tin:
http://www.arts-swords.com/item/DT-DT2162.asp
The DT 2162 and it's the kind I like as it's still a " using " twohander as opposed to the very excessive in size bearing swords that weight up to 15 pounds or more !? Never meant for actual battlefield use I think.
As to blade style I might like some of the flamberge styles but I personally don't like the overly " baroque " guard designs, but this is mostly because the simpler DT 2162 has clean simple lines and may be more representative of the earlier ones that were in actual use.
The A & A English twohander being even earlier and could be seen as an extreme sized great-sword, war-sword, long-sword as opposed to the 16th century true twohanders:
http://www.arms-n-armor.com/sword156.html
From their custom page I would consider this one as very nice even if the guard is more ornate than my preferences it is still
leaning on the side a useable sword and not over the top " decorative ":
http://www.arms-n-armor.com/custom912.html
A version of this one could be done with a flamberge type blade and the above shown custom sword means that A & A has experience making these and I think this is important because heat treating such a long blade has special problems and needs a way to heat, quench and temper that can take the extreme lengths involved.