Edward III's two handed sword

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Originally Posted by katana

Hi
watching a recent documentary Edward III was mentioned and his two handed sword shown. It was stated that this was a functional and used in battle. The reason stated for it being functional was the fact it was not ornate. This sword is 6 foot 8 inches long a real monster (203 cms or 2 metres 3cms ) Obviously a number of two handed swords are around 6 foot ....is the extra length of 8 inches not unusual or as King ....did this length make it more of a statement of status ?
Surely impressive .....but useful in battle conditions ? What do you think ???

Regards David


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The first thing that struck me was how impressive the technological expertise involved with making a functional blade of that length was.
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