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hm, I want to create a thread about swords and hold a vote, but I've kind of forgotten them, maybe you can remind me?)
longsword, katana, sabers and scimitars, rapiers.. what else is there

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Alspis - a medieval European two-handed sword with a wedge-shaped blade, sometimes with two round guards, where the second was located in the center of the hilt and served as a divider for the left and right hands.
Akinakes - a Scythian short sword.
Bane - an Indian straight sword with a narrow blade that widens into a diamond shape at the end.
Anelas - a 14th-century medieval European sword with a blade tapering to a point. Blade length 350 mm.
Bastard - a 16th-century sword used among German and French riders.
Bastard sword (ублюдочный меч, полутораручный меч) - as the name suggests, this sword is something between a longsword and a two-handed sword. The hilt could be gripped with one or two hands. Used in Europe in the 14th century. Blade length 900 -1200 mm., hilt length 180 mm., weight 2 -3.5 kg.
Brightsax (seax) - an Old English short sword, from which the Saxons derived their name.
Bishou - a Chinese double-edged sword whose straight blade has a ridge on each side. The pommel of the hilt is shaped like a spoon. Length 200 -300 mm.
Bhelheta - an Indian straight sword with a flexible narrow blade and a guard in the shape of an inverted bowl.
Broadsword - a European wide sword.
Single-edged blade of slight curvature. Usually worn tucked into the belt paired with a katana.
Wakizashi - a short Japanese waist sword with a tsuba (small usually round guard).
Came into use from the 16th century. Total length 500 -800 mm.
Wodao - a reduced analog of the zhanmadao.
Was used in Chinese units of Manchurian troops.
Total length 1030 -1130 mm., blade length 780 -860 mm.
Gombai-no-tachi - a Japanese ceremonial imperial sword.
Jutte (джуттэ, дзитте) - a Japanese cold weapon used by ninja, with a blade in the form of a cylindrical or polygonal rod without an edge.
Hilt with a round pommel and a half-guard bent toward the blade, which acts as a trap for the opponent's weapon. Total length 300 - 600 mm.
Gladius - an ancient Roman short sword. Total length 600 mm., hilt length 150 mm.
Dashna - a Khevsureti single-edged sword.
Daito-seto - paired Japanese cold weapons consisting of a long (katana) and short (wakizashi) sword, worn together tucked into the belt.
Ensyakubo - a Japanese short combat sword.
Jutte (джуттэ, дзитте) - a Japanese cold weapon used by ninja, with a blade in the form of a cylindrical or polygonal rod without an edge.
Hilt with a round pommel and a half-guard bent toward the blade, which acts as a trap for the opponent's weapon. Total length 300 - 600 mm.
Ensyakubo - a Japanese short combat sword.
Kampilan - a Malay and Philippine sword with a long straight blade widening toward the point, having a complex curve, with a crossguard and a short hilt.
Karatachi - a richly inlaid 8th-century Japanese sword. Analog of a Chinese sword from the Tang dynasty.
Karta (Scythian sword) - a large Scythian iron sword, which is an enlarged copy of the akinakes.
Katana (samurai sword) - a Japanese sword usually with a round tsuba and a single-edged blade of slight curvature. As a rule, it was worn tucked into the belt paired with a wakizashi. Came into use from the 16th century. Total length 1000 -1100 mm.
Kiento (Japanese for "leader's sword") - a sword with a straight or wavy double-edged blade up to 60 mm wide, with an arrow-shaped thickening at the end, a horseshoe-shaped guard and an elongated hilt. Total length 1050 -1350 mm.
Klewang - a Philippine and Malaysian curved sword resembling a fish in shape, with the center of gravity shifted toward the end of the blade. The klewang is an analog of the shoudao.
Ko-katana - a variant of a short katana.
Kom (Korean for "sword") - a Korean sword with a blade up to 800 mm long and a hilt length of one and a half fists. Sometimes used as paired weapons with a pag.
Krabi - a Thai sword copying the samurai style but more curved, the blade sometimes widens toward the point, the guard is absent or rudimentary, there is a pommel on the hilt. Hilt length 250 mm., blade 500 mm.
Xiphos - an ancient Greek sword.
Khanda (кунда) - an Indian straight double-edged sword with a wide blade.
Khora - a Nepalese national sword with a ring guard and a blade widening toward the point. Total length 600 - 650 mm.
Ken (ходзю) - a Japanese sword of no specific size with a straight double-edged blade pointed at the end. The Ken is more of a cult weapon of esoteric Buddhism, but was also used as a combat weapon.
Longsword - a variant of a European sword.
Lunquan (Chinese for "dragon's source") - a type of jian of great weight and complex craftsmanship. It was a symbol of the ruler.
Lyung chuan dan dao - a Chinese single-edged broadsword with a wide thin blade of slight curvature, with a round counterweight to which a bunch of ribbons were attached. The blade can bend toward the side of the hilt by 90 degrees. Blade length from 635 to 760 mm.
Lyung chuan - a Chinese double-edged sword tapering to a point with a round pommel on the hilt.
Mahaira - a wide sword with an inner edge. It was common in the Middle East.
Anglo-Scottish sword - a two-handed knightly sword with a simple guard of two bars turned toward the blade at a 45-degree angle.
Bordeaux sword - a European short sword with a ridge and a long hilt.
Germano-Swiss sword - a two-handed knightly sword with a developed guard; the part of the blade closest to the handle (300mm) has no edge and is finished with ear-like protrusions.
Civilian sword - a light short sword for peasants and townspeople in 14th-century Italy and Spain.
Two-handed sword - a sword with a hilt designed for use with two hands.
Iberian sword - a sword common in Iberia from the 12th to 7th centuries BC - a modification of the late Hittite Syrian sword. An Iberian sword is also called a Spanish sword with a straight double-edged blade about 750 mm long, having a ridge on each side.
Carolingian sword - a European sword of the 6th-10th centuries from the French Carolingian dynasty with a straight double-edged, and more rarely single-edged, blade, and an edge beveled to one side. Length 800 - 900 mm., width 50 - 60 mm.
Landsknecht sword - a European short sword with a blade length of 500 - 540 mm, an S-shaped guard and a short hilt.
Hunting sword (deer, boar) - a sword intended for hunting.
Flaming sword (flamberge) - a European two-handed sword with a blade featuring wavy edges.
Late Hittite-Syrian sword - the prototype of Urartian and Iberian swords.
Waist sword - a sword traditionally attached to the belt, usually not exceeding 850 mm in length.
Russian sword - a sword similar to the Scandinavian one but lighter and longer.
Sarmatian sword - a sword that became common among Sarmatian tribes.
Saddle sword - usually a two-handed sword attached on the left to the saddle bow.
Sindo-Meot sword - a sword from 600 to 800 mm long and with a blade width of 35 to 80 mm, common in the Kuban region among Sindo-Meots in the 5th - 4th centuries BC.
Scandinavian (Norman) sword - a North European heavy sword with a massive counterweight.
Folding sword - a type of Chinese sword with a telescopically folding blade. Worn on the belt in scabbards equal in size to the hilt. Total length of the sword 800 mm.
Urartian sword - a sword used in the state of Urartu in the 8th - 7th centuries BC, a modification of the late Hittite-Syrian sword.
Aegean sword - a sword that appeared on Crete and in Mycenaean Greece in the 17th-16th centuries BC. It was widely used in eastern regions.
Saw-sword - a sword of 16th-century Venetian sailors with a blade tapering to a point, one edge of which has a saw-like sharpening. Blade length up to 450 mm.
Meijiedao - a Chinese narrow sword.
Ninja-to - a sword used by Japanese ninja. The blade is straight and single-edged with a point beveled toward the edge, 500- 600 mm long, 25 mm wide, 5 mm thick. The hilt is hollow two-handed, 300 mm long, with a removable round pommel containing a needle. The needle, often poisoned, is hidden inside the cavity of the hilt when the sword is assembled. The cavity is also used for storing various powdered substances. The guard is square with a side of 80 mm. Koshirae have a slot for a knife in the upper part, and at the tip - a slot for a dagger and a mount for a sword. The sword is worn on the back. In some cases, ninja-to are attached to koshirae such that the koshirae functions as the hilt and the sword as the blade. Such a connection turns the ninja-to into a weapon similar to a naginata.
Nodachi (Japanese for "field sword") - a Japanese sword with a blade over 1000 mm, worn on the shoulder.
Pamdao - a Nepalese wide sword with a blade having a double curve.
Parazinium - a short waist sword of Roman generals.
Parazonium - an ancient short sword.
Parang - an Indonesian curved sword with the center of gravity shifted toward the end of the blade.
* Parang beddak, parang ginah, parang jendok, parang latok - varieties of parang.
Pata (puddha) - an Indian straight sword with a hilt positioned perpendicular to the blade and hidden by a leather gauntlet covering the arm up to the elbow.
Seto (Japanese for "small sword") - a Japanese small sword that is part of the daisho. Total length 500 - 700 mm., blade length 330 - 660 mm., hilt length one and a half fists, blade width about 30 mm, ricasso width 5 mm.
Ryoto - a Japanese term denoting paired swords.
Pogom - a Korean short sword.
Ritterschwert - a European heavy knightly sword.
Slasher (Hard sword) - a two-handed sword of English cavalry knights. Length up to 2000 mm., weight up to 8000 g.
Schiavona - a sword of Dalmatian Slavs, used among mercenaries in the Venetian infantry and other European armies.
Spadone (espadaon, zweihander) - a Swiss, more rarely German, two-handed sword reaching human height; Used from the 16th to 17th century.
Smallsword - a small European sword.
Spatha - a double-edged long sword common among Germans in the 5th century. Total length 750 - 800 mm., width 40 - 50 mm.; There is an opinion that spata and spatha are the same type of sword;
Spata - an ancient Roman long straight sword 750 - 800 mm long and 40 - 50 mm wide.
Ssansudo (changom, chhando) - a Korean long sword. Blade length 1400 - 1570 mm., hilt length about 400 mm. Total weight 2000 - 5600 g.
Sundang - a Malay sword with a wide double-edged blade. Total length 600 mm.
Ta-tao - a Chinese curved sword with the center of gravity shifted toward the end of the blade.
Tai-chi - a Chinese double-edged sword whose blade tapers to a point and has a ridge on each side. Hilt with a round pommel and a bunch of ribbons.
Tando (edo, Korean for "sword of the brave") - a Korean short sword. Total length 1300 - 1400 mm., handle length 300 mm.
Tanto - a samurai small sword used before the spread of the katana.
Tachi - a sword common in Japan from the 10th to 17th century, with a single-edged blade of slight curvature over 600 mm long. It was made by repeated forging, which gave it a texture similar to wood. It has a round tsuba. Tachi were usually worn edge down paired with a kosigatana. Used before the appearance of the katana.
Tendrik - a Javanese sword with a blade tapering to a point.
Tye - a sword of Japanese ninja. It is a combined weapon, having a hilt with a spear-like tip instead of a pommel, as well as a sharpened guard that can function as an axe or brass knuckles. The blade is double-edged and has a pointed spike in the upper third. Total length 900 - 1000 mm., weight 1100 g.
Urumi - an Indian very thin and flexible sword.
Falcata (falchata) - a wide sword of Spanish Celts.
Falchion (lansquetta) - a European short wide single-edged knightly sword of the 16th - 17th centuries. Sometimes a falchion was attached to a shaft 450 - 600 mm long.
Flissa - an Algerian single-edged sword.
Khanda - a Rajput national sword.
Hyogogus ri-no-t ti (ootachi) - a Japanese sword with a single-edged blade of slight curvature and a mandatory kusari. Total length 1800 mm., blade length 1000mm.
Hirazukuri - a Japanese straight esoteric sword.
Huan - a Chinese long triangular sword with a meter-long hilt in the form of a spear shaft.
Hushoudalyandao - a large Chinese sword.
Jian (Chinese for "sword", qian) - a Chinese bronze or iron sword of hexagonal or diamond shape. Emerged during the Chunqiu period.
* Zuiujian (Chinese for "drunk sword"), chang sui jian, Duan sui jian, shuanjian, shuanshoujian, taijinjian - varieties of jian.
Jianbian - a Chinese straight sword combined with a combat whip.
Jiango (yjiangou) - a Chinese combat hook combined with a sword.
Qinlundao (guanwandao) - a massive Chinese sword whose blade is supplemented by protrusions and ears. Sometimes attached to a meter-long shaft.
Tsurugi - an ancient Japanese sword with a straight double-edged blade and a two-handed hilt.
Chen - a Chinese straight double-edged sword having one fuller on each side and a round pommel on the hilt.
Zhanmadao (Chinese for "horse-cutting sword" or "sword for cutting from horseback") - a Chinese two-handed sword made similarly to the samurai style. Sometimes ribbons are attached to the handle. Total length 1450 mm., blade length 1100 - 1150 mm.
Chien - a Chinese straight double-edged sword with a blade tapering to a point and having ridges on each side.
Chhomendo - a sword resembling an elongated shoudao in shape. Blade with one-and-a-half sharpening, width 35 mm, without a clear guard. Blade length 750 - 850 mm., hilt length 3.5 fist sizes.
Szczerbiec - a sword used during the coronation of Polish kings.
Estoc - a European sword of the 13th-14th centuries with a blade that is square, diamond, or hexagonal in cross-section, intended for thrusting. Blade length 1120 - 1150 mm., hilt length 330 - 340 mm., guard width 250 - 270 mm.
Yatagan - a cutting cold weapon with a curved single-edged blade of inner sharpening. Mainly used in Turkey and the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

yeah, there are quite a lot of them

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