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This is the name given to swords or sabers whose handles are long enough to be carried with both hands. The two-handed sword was a specialized and effective infantry weapon for fighting pikes, halberds, and spears. It was used by Swiss and German soldiers in the 15th century as well as by Italians in the 16th century. Some two-handed swords had a flagellated blade design.
Some types of swords of this style are; the claymore, the katana, the doppelhänder or zweihänder, the Chinese sword zhanmadao, the greatsword, the greatsword and the stanchion.
- Claymore.- Scottish sword whose use required both hands to be brandished. It was sharpened on both sides of the blade and had a very long handle, at least a quarter of the total length of the weapon.
- Katana.- The katana is a Japanese sword. It is a particular type of curved, single-edged sword traditionally used by samurai. Its most common size is around a meter in length and a kilo in weight.
- Doppelhänder-Zweihänder.- It is a long sword used in Germany in the 14th century and later in the Renaissance era.
- Zhanmadao.- Long Chinese anti-cavalry sword used in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
- Greatsword.- There was a type of large sword that emerged in Europe in the 15th century and was known as the greatsword.
- Greatsword.- It is a colloquial and modern way of calling the upright. However, both refer to great swords from the medieval and Renaissance era.
- Montante.- It is a broad sword with very long blades, which weapons masters handle with both hands to separate battles in fencing (also called the one and a half hand sword).
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