Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-203.14.52.144-20150518014116/@comment-173.58.100.7-20151101023642

Phantomlink959 wrote: Greatswords were exactly as large as they needed to be, they were large but functional, a slab sword is a sword which is sized to excess, and to the point it becomes less useful if not for RoC.

Specifically, zweihanders were around 4' long, 3-4" wide, and no thicker than a common sword.

A slab sword is usually 4-5' long, 6-8" wide, and 2-3 times as thick as an ordinary sword. So a slab sword was basically for show most of the time?

- Surana