Sword

A long sharp length of metal with a handle on one end and a pointy end on the other used in warfare. Swords scaled for the use by Homo Sapiens Sapiens are between 50 and 150 centimeters long and weigh between one and ten kilograms. Numerous varients of swords exist and have been employed since some ancient Mesopotamian metalworker decided to make a really long knife as a weapon.

Why swords were awesome

Spears are good at poking stuff, but were long and clumsy once you got real close. Axes were good at chopping, but were not good at deflecting other blows and took a bit of time to build up momentum. Swords were good at both chopping and poking. If you got close up in a fight back then, a sword was your friend.

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