Classify this fantasy sword

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Hi, I'm playing this game Warframe and I was curious to know how would this blade be classified. Would it be a katana? A longsword? Scimitar?Falchion?

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I think it is the same kind of sword as the Orcrist from The Hobbit:

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Also, there is any good book about sword that classifies and describes them?

Thanks!
 
Welcome ffp,I believe this is surely a derivative of the Pangaea winged sword of the Calaberea. One was found in a river in Ski Lanka in 1930, and as far as I know, only one was ever found. Professor Johnathan Michaels III, head of a large expedition including five American male grad students, three French females, and numerous diggers and on lookers, brought his treasured find back to the New York Museum of Archeology: one of the greatest mysteries in modern archeology happened when not only the sword disappeared, but all pictures, files, and other data. The mystery was further compounded by death of Prof. Michaels in a horrific alligator attack in the Florida Everglades, where he was on highly secretive expedition, reportedly seeking the fountain of youth.

There are others on this forum, Horseclover, Crimson Falcon, and so on who are much better versed in the legend of the Pangaerian Sword and this fascinating man of action, the original on whom the the Indiana Jones movies are based . These experts are quiet men of deep knowledge and may choose to remain silent, we can only hope they chose to share their sacred learning. It certainly is an alluring and fascinating legend, likely based on history, and I wish you fair sails as you move between the fairy waves of the"green dragons breathe".

ffp, I couldn't resist a little tongue in cheek humor. I can't help you with the classification, it doesn't seem to be any one recognizable style.
 
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You got me, David. I was sitting there thinking, "I am? I've never heard of the Pangaerian sword... Oh wait..."

In some ways it's easier to say what it's not. Clearly not a katana. Aside from being single-edged, it has almost nothing in common with a katana, and katana purists would be literally horrified to think of that being a katana. It's not a scimitar, lacking the extreme curvature that such blades would have. The blade shape certainly looks closer to an ox-tail saber (niuweidao) or falchion, but again, it's missing certain characteristics for either, and, as a fantasy sword, it's not exactly like it's meant to be any one thing. The only real accurate categorization I can think of is "fantasy sword." Or, of course, "heat sword."

Being as how it's not a real thing, what's the interest in categorizing it? Are you thinking about having a replica made? The looks of the blade make me wonder if this would be a good project for Mecha and his beta-ti, although I'm not sure if he's ever done anything that long.
 
Thanks for the answers. No I don't intent to buy a replica, I was just curious.
I know it isn't any specific kind of sword, it mixes a lot of swords characteristics.
I think we could consider it a single edged long sword, since thr blade is straight...
 
There is nothing wrong with simply calling it a sword, which the game does. It gives it a fantasy name to suit.
http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Skana

Skana, a Sword class weapon, the standard weapon with moderate damage, range, and speed. Something in the sabre or cutlass family, if you must somehow equate it in western terminology. Maybe calling it a glaive or cuttoe might get your juices running.:D Maybe a long dao.

Windlass used to sell a glaive type called Warbrand
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Not so far from history A plate from a medieval bible
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Biblia_de_Maciejowski_miniatura_h10.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaive The term glaive continued with the French that used it to describe their gladius type short swords.

The Tolkien elven swords are labled as sabres.

Cheers

GC
 
There are several good books classifying swords, Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword is considered one of the better ones for Western Medieval Swords, Ian Petersen's work is very good for "Viking" era swords and I guess Stone's Glossary would be the best thing for classifying different sword types.
 
I think that most people would simply call this a fantasy saber. The extra handle piece makes me feel like it would fall under the bladed batton category. I made a few that were similar for a stage production years back.
 
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