https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=74.122.210.120 2026-05-13T21:30:58Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Talk:Longsword&diff=32181 2007-04-12T20:39:10Z

<p>74.122.210.120: comment</p> <hr /> <div>A bastard sword/hand and a half sword is different from a longsword. They are not the same weapon, someone should fix that reference.</div>

74.122.210.120 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Side_sword&diff=32180 2007-04-12T20:36:41Z

<p>74.122.210.120: Historical Inaccuracy fixed.</p> <hr /> <div>A side sword, or spada da lato (Italian) is the generic term for a transitional rapier/complex-hilted double edged sword of the late 15th/16th Century. It is also commonly referred to as a &quot;cut and thrust&quot; sword. Blades vary enormously in their dimensions, but are predominantly wider and heavier than later rapiers to allow for effective cutting as well as thrusting. It is usually gripped using the same method of fingering as a rapier (index finger over quillons).<br /> <br /> == Side sword in the SCA ==<br /> In the [[SCA]], the &quot;[[cut and thrust]]&quot; variation of [[rapier]] fighting is also known as '''sidesword'''. The initial experiments with this system aimed to better reflect some of the teachings of Marozzo, Agrippa etc in the use of the ''spada da lato'' (side sword) or ''spada da filo'' (edge sword). <br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[category:swords]]</div>

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