Re: [Low-Tech] Smallsword with the Bronze Age 'Rapier?'
Five minutes on Google would have shown you plenty.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/59...b9a622f4eb.jpg
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com...rds.1920x0.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...nze_swords.JPG
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bd/c1...bc92b33bdf.jpg
https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/ima...1660316242.jpg
The vast majority of these swords had tangs, even the earliest ones. So there was never a time period when swords didn't have tangs. In any case, Molloy proved that even the tangless versions were perfectly capable of sustained use without breaking.
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Last edited by DanHoward; 02-26-2022 at 05:46 PM.
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