Vincent Le Chevalier <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote:

> > A recreation of an execution-sword, wich was used by the
> > executioners in the Middle Ages.
> >
>
> Good work on the textures and shapes, but the proportions look wrong to
> me...
> I guess for an executioner's sword you're looking at a two-handed
> weapon. So the proportion grip length/blade length seems right though a
> bit extreme (in the sense that the grip is really long). But the handle
> is way too thick in this case. It should be something like half the
> blade width, maybe up to 75%, not more I think... Also the pommel and
> croos-guard seem too big to me, it would not create a good balance for
> cutting. Remember that those swords were specialized tools, not designed
> to fight but to cut and that's all. They were really blade-heavy, a bit
> like an axe, and with a pommel and cross this big you're not going to
> achieve that.
>
> Note that I'm talking specifically about executioner's swords here and
> that most medieval-Renaissance blades were much more agile...
>
> But then I know executioner's swords look strange at times so if you
> based your work on a photograph and respected all proportions you can
> discard what I've said :-) It's just that I never came accross such a
> design before...
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Vincent


Right...
I've seen other execution-swords too, with extrem long
blades and long, thin grips.I think, that these kind of
swords was usual for executions at this time.
The sword I made, I've seen in a museum  in a castle - and
it was declared as an execution-sword.

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