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Even though there are several ways in which a sword is classified, the handedness is one of the most important method. Based on handedness, swords can be classified as wither one handed, two handed or hand and a half swords which are also referred to as the \"Bastard Swords\".\n - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Types Of Swords

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Longsword and Bastard Sword

 The term longsword and bastard sword most frequently refers to a late Medieval and Renaissance weapon designed for use with two hands.

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Claymore Sword

A claymore is the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword. 

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Edgeless and Thrusting Sword

Xiphos Sword

The Spartiatēs were  always armed  with  a xiphos as  a secondary  weapon.  Among most  Greek  warriors,  this weapon had an  iron blade of about  60  centimetres.  The Spartan  version  was  typically only 30-45 centimetres.

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Rapier Sword

The term "rapier" appeared in the English lexicon via the French épée rapière which either  compared  the weapon  to  a  rasp  or  file;  it may  be  a  corruption  of  "rasping sword" which  referred  to  the sound  the  blade  makes  when  it  comes  into  contact with another blade. Note that there is no historical Italian equivalent to the English word "rapier".

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Single-edge and curved swordsHook Sword

The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao or shuang gou also known as hu tou gou (tiger head  hook)  is  a  Chinese  weapon  traditionally  associated  with  northern  styles  of Chinese  martial  arts and Wushu  weapons  routines,  but  now  often  practiced by southern styles as well.

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Kopis

Unlike the xiphos, which is a thrusting weapon, the kopis was a hacking weapon in the  form  of  a  thick,  curved  single  edged  iron  sword.  In  Athenian  art,  Spartan hoplites were often depicted using a kopis instead of the xiphos, as the kopis was seen as a quintessential "villain" weapon in Greek eyes.

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Katanas

Historically katana were one of the traditionally  made Japanese swords  that  were  used  by the samurai of  feudal  Japan.Modern versions of the katana are sometimes  made  using  non-traditional materials and methods.

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Falchion and cutlass

The falchion proper is a wide straight-bladed but curved edged hanger or long knife.

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