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Originally Posted by maximara
Shad (of Shadiversity) shows why this is a majorly bad idea.
The Swords page at GURPSwiki goes into that it is how the terms are used vs what they meant in real life. Fencing is more properly with a light sword with a maximum length of 43.3 in which by length would put it in the longsword lengthwise but trying to that type of fencing with an actual longsword would get you a serious case of dead.
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Just to be clear (since you posted this part as a reply to my post), my only point was that IF you are grouping non-fencing bladed weapons into just two skills, it seems wrong to me to put knives in one of those skills and everything from the xiphos to the zweihander in the other.