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Moonduck · 12-03-2004, 01:03 PM

The Irish-hilted Claymore they made is gorgeous and properly sized. A buddy of mine recently remarried and his wife bought it for him as a wedding present. Every man in the room was instantly, poisonously jealous, and every woman hated his new wife instantly as they all knew they'd been outclassed in the wedding present category.

As far the hand-size thing is concerned, how accurate is that? We'ren't the Vikings and other Norsemen regarded as giants in their time, making them at least closer to modern size? For that matter, I can remember an exhibition of Mongolian artifacts at the Smithsonian many years ago, and one item that I'll never forget was a goatkin undershirt. I'm a big boy at 5'11" and about 300lbs, and you could've fit two of me inside that shirt, and it wasn't built for a fat man. The guy wearing it had to have had shoulders as wide as a Mack Truck.

I'm not arguing that the historical swords aren't designed for smaller hands, but some swords I would think would be larger. Course in my case, it doesn't matter what period I look at at, I have large hands even for my size. Guess it's another reason why I like the mass weapons so much. No grip issues generally.

12-03-2004, 01:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	The Irish-hilted Claymore they made is gorgeous and properly sized. A buddy of mine recently remarried and his wife bought it for him as a wedding present. Every man in the room was instantly, poisonously jealous, and every woman hated his new wife instantly as they all knew they'd been outclassed in the wedding present category. As far the hand-size thing is concerned, how accurate is that? We'ren't the Vikings and other Norsemen regarded as giants in their time, making them at least closer to modern size? For that matter, I can remember an exhibition of Mongolian artifacts at the Smithsonian many years ago, and one item that I'll never forget was a goatkin undershirt. I'm a big boy at 5'11" and about 300lbs, and you could've fit two of me inside that shirt, and it wasn't built for a fat man. The guy wearing it had to have had shoulders as wide as a Mack Truck. I'm not arguing that the historical swords aren't designed for smaller hands, but some swords I would think would be larger. Course in my case, it doesn't matter what period I look at at, I have large hands even for my size. Guess it's another reason why I like the mass weapons so much. No grip issues generally. Last edited by Moonduck; 12-03-2004 at 01:07 PM..