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Old 11-22-2005, 12:43 PM   #1
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I am doing a fantasy story and I was wondering; do you guys know a site where it shows the different areas of the medieval sword and how it was used? Swords are used in my story alot and I just want to make sure I am calling the right things what they are!
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Old 11-22-2005, 12:52 PM   #2
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This is pretty in-depth about different swords and their purposes:

http://vikingsword.com/
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Old 11-22-2005, 12:53 PM   #3
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Wikipedia is your friend...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword

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With any research attempt NEVER consult just one source.

Try googling it. Vivisimo is another good one to use.
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What is Vivisimo?That is a site, right?
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Old 11-25-2005, 07:59 PM   #6
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The Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts (near me) has a nice web site with some general information and under the Collections & Research tab there is a list of links for arms and armory research. http://www.higgins.org/
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