qsy-complains-a-lot:armthearmour:A Side Sword with a single-edged blade,OaL: 37.4 in/95 cmBlade Leng
qsy-complains-a-lot:armthearmour:A Side Sword with a single-edged blade,OaL: 37.4 in/95 cmBlade Length: 33.5 in/85 cmVenice, Italy, ca. 1490-1510,housed at the Museo Storico della Caccia e della Territorio.What would be the difference between this a d a backsword ?Just messy sword typology. Technically you can call anything with a single edge a backsword, and anything with two edges a broadsword, but then typically those weapons will then fall into another category. For this one, it is a backsword, but also a side sword. -- source link
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