Hand and a Half Sword

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Originally Posted by shayde78

I'm curious about the flexibility of the blade you mentioned. I'm of the opinion that the blades on some of these hand-and-half swords were as flexible and lively as military rapier blades. Can you give any specs regarding this characteristic?

Unfortunately, I dont have a lot to compare it to or know a way to give specs. When put side by side, it is slightly less flexible than this sword- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25090

and slightly more flexible than this one- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...and+Half+Sword

To the uneducated, they might all seem to be more flexible than expected for their size. I would guess this has more to do with a thin blade cutting better than desiring flexibility but I dont know.

While discussing the blade, I would like to ask about the bottleneck where the blade gets narrower where the fuller stops. Would it likely be made this way or could this be from lots of sharpening? If made this way, does it tell us anything of origin?