Sword Design

The sword is a kind of sharp weapon that has long blades. The sword can have two sharp edges or just one sharp side only. In some cultures, when compared to other weapons, swords usually have more or higher prestige.

Sword blades are usually made of hard metals such as iron or steel. Although there is a sword of gold, it is only used as decoration only. For practice, usually wooden swords are used, although hard wooden swords are still dangerous

Types of Swords

Double-edged sword

Double-edged sword is widely used in China, Mediterranean and Scandinavia. This type of sword has the same ability to cut and pierce. Here's a list of the names of double-edged swords

Gladius

Jian / Kiam

Spatha

Rapier

Urumi / Chuttuva

Xiphos

Single-edged sword

A single-edged sword is usually a sword that is maxed for the slashing function

The single-edged sword usually has a normally backward arch (the sharp side is out of the arch) although there is a straight or a forward curve (the sharp side is inside the arch) The usefulness of the arch is to widen the wound due to slashing. Here are the names of single-edged swords

Bolo

Clurit

Dao

Machete

Skills

Katana

Kilij

Kopis

Machete

Makhaira

Mandau

Parang

Saber

Scramasax

One-handed sword

Sword of the Bronze Age, about 60 cm long, leaf-shaped.

Iron Age swords such as Xiphos, Gladius and Jian, shaped like his predecessors from the bronze age.

Spatha is about 60-90 cm long.

Classic sword about 110 cm.

Two-handed sword

Examples include

Katana