How to use a two-handed sword

A sword demo at Stirling Castle, 2006, showing how every part of the sword is useful, including various ways to dispatch an opponent.

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Howto & Style

[LadyArwenUndomiel7]

@MGIBlaze That makes sense. I have no sword training myself, so I'm just guessing at things here.  :)

[sinh1992]

Lol, as sharp as it is... why would you hold it by the blade? as much as for gripping, the harder you grip the harder it will cut your hand.

[LadyArwenUndomiel7]

I forget if it's in this video or the other one that I have, where he mentions that this particular blade is only chisel-sharp, not razor-sharp...

[bearincamo]

@halfassedfart Haha, yeah most people do. I just try to have some self respect and honor even in the anonymity of the internet. And History deserves to be treated with care. Those who lived before us have fantastic stories to tell and misinformation only blots their story and honor.

[LuciusTheFair]

@sinh1992

Halfswording was an extremely common technique, sometimes even with razor sharp swords. There are many ancient manuals on fighting that give specific techniques for how to handle the sword.

The most important things are actually to grip the sword tightly, pinch it in your hand, and DO NOT let your hand slip along the blade.

Halfswording was very useful when entering into krieg or for leveraging a sword into the chinks in someone's armor.

[robloxpnr]

step one CUT HIM >:)



[Dannefan84]

How about deleting missinforming videos? People just troll on them anyway.

"Hi, I'm holding the longest sword man will ever use in battle, and you know what? I'm gonna shorten it by half so I can do a pommel strike, 'cause that's a good idea" No you're not, cause that would be stupid.

[dizelcsiga]

It might have been told already but, could you tell me exactly what these swords are made of? The one that I use seems too rigid, though it shouldn t be (mine is made of r-70 springsteel)

[Radge397]

Techniques he is showing is for the longsword NOT the two-hander. Longswords had dull but still effective cutting edges that can be grasped. As Two-handers where used to break into pike formations they were fully sharp. A side sword such as a Katzbalger would be carried for use against enemy swordsmen.

[feralwrath]

This looks like 1,5h sword, not 2h:).

[Protherium]

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"chisel sharp, not razor sharp"

A common misunderstanding; swords need not to be as sharp as a razor blade, a properly honed edge bevel of 20-30° will cut paper and shave hair with ease.

No chisel bevels are found on antiques, only modern wallhangers and mass repros do have a chisel edge. Proof:

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[ThaDudesAvlogger]

The person with the helmet is doing it wrong. They (presumably) have their strong hand underneath the cross guard of the sword, but their opposite hand is right beneath their strong hand. That's wrong. You put your opposite hand right above the pommel. This way you allow for more leverage.

[mojothemigo]

@jamesjiao Claymores are specificaly of Scotland and a tiny bit different. This looks much more like a Zweihander of Germany. The wikipedia artcle for Zweihander has a picture that looks much more like this then does a claymore.

[Nijaparyman]

@sonnetxi yeah I relized that an hour after i posted it. Oops!

[sonnetxi]

@Nijaparyman Zweihänder. its lacking the 'flem' appearance