I've been mucking around with photoshop and various drawings that Peter Johnsson has posted over the years and I've come up with a design I
really like. So much so I might use my upcoming slot in Kevin Cashen's backlog to get it made later this year. The thing is, I'm actually unsure how and where and even if this design fits into history. I'd say it was either a XVIa or a XVIIIa, maybe 1330 - 1450? I'm also not sure if an integral scabbard or a 15th century longsword scabbard is the way to go either, could they both be period?
In my opinion, this design (with say a 34-35 inch blade) would be a fairly agile longsword, and a serious cutter and with a stiff blade a very nice thruster against non-plate armoured opponents. Would this seem an accurate guess?
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