Original Confederate Swords from Schmeg.com

   

A sword is a large sharp edged weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade and a handle. The blade is normally made of metal and often ground to have at least one sharp edge and usually has a pointed tip for thrusting. The handle, called the hilt, can be made of many materials, but the material most common is wood covered by leather, fish skin or metal wiring. The basic intent and physics of swordsmanship is fairly constant, but the methods of using those physics vary widely from culture to culture. Most of the variations can be understood in terms of the differences in blade designs around the world.

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