weaponrys uses.......

[ausjulius]

ive noticed some odd things about much weaponry of the past.. after handling quite many various sorts of weapon you start to notice some odd things that people did back in the day.,. and it make you wounder just how much of these were created to be used as weaponry and how much were made mostly for looks,....

one thing that bugs me is... tulwary.......!!!! the handles on these are tiny...
some are so small its hard to get your hand in the grip,,,, but most show heavy signs of use....
indians hands ar enot drasticly smaller than europeans hands , so the only thing with this i can think of it that all the indian soliders had tiny hands??
i think with a mail glove on it would be imposserable to properly use many tulwars..
also many have very uncomfortable grips,, some causing a good deal of jarring in you hand,,

the kris knives are another one that bothers me, most are in my opinion far to weak to be actualy used as a weapon.??

many other things that pop into mind,, like the giant qumams from iran. i recently saw several with blades well over 1 meter ,,, the sheaths were made to be stuck into the blet as a normal qama,, but im pretty shure there was no way to put it in ones belt.. the blades all were massive,, and lacked any balance,,,, ,

the intrecare blades of many african swords also makes me suspect that some of them were never intened to be used.. sort of like some of the stone axes from new gunea.... mostly for looking..

well only my observations,, i wanted to know what other odd things anyone has noticed in weaponry.. and their opnions on it