Posted: Wed 18 Jun, 2014 7:13 am Post subject: The latter can be a problem if you try the wrong technique for the weapon - using a falchion like a rapier for example is going to feel very wrong and give you a bad impression - or a problem with a badly balanced sword.Įurope - Where the History comes from. It doesn't really want to get going, once it is moving it doesn't want to change direction or be stopped.
Again heavier than you expected as you picked it up for example.Įven a very heavy blade can be quite nimble if it is made well.Ī sluggish blade just feels.
Heavy can be either pure weight - as in the sword really is heavy, or rather heavier than you expected it to feel - or balance - especially on a very blade heavy weapon even a light sword can feel heavy. Both depend on the sword in question but heavy also has to do with expectation. You have to make a distinction between heavy and sluggish. Posted: Wed 18 Jun, 2014 6:15 am Post subject: