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Old 22nd November 2008, 05:58 PM   #7
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Jim,

I have a few books on swords which mention "Executioner's Swords", used for beheading criminals. All of them look like longswords with rounded tips. That seems to have been the standard design for them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner%27s_sword
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