Can a narrow blade swiss saxon military sword uesd for war?

[Griffion Lau]

The Arms & Armor has an saxon military sword the ues in swiss for war?

But I can not believe the how such a narrow blade can be uesd in battlefield?

Pictures

http://www.myarmoury.com/swor_aa_sax.html

http://www.armor.com/images/sword135b.jpg

http://www.tritonworks.com/reviews?cont ... n_military

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3408414428/

You see,when i first saw the sword,I think it was a rapier!

Questions
Is it good to use such narrow blade sword for war?I remember one reason for rapier not good for war is the blade too narrow,how about this?

How can I use it?Can I use it as a rapier?

[Stacy Clifford]

That blade is not as narrow as the guard on it makes it look. It looks wide enough to be a competent and durable cutting blade suitable for military use, similar to this one:

http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/alb ... li-xix.htm

The broad guard makes it look more rapier-like, which may be for reasons of fashion, but I don't think it was designed to be used specifically in a rapier style.

[Griffion Lau]

That blade is not as narrow as the guard on it makes it look. It looks wide enough to be a competent and durable cutting blade suitable for military use, similar to this one:

http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/alb ... li-xix.htm

The broad guard makes it look more rapier-like, which may be for reasons of fashion, but I don't think it was designed to be used specifically in a rapier style.

NO,I dont think so.

The width of the sxon military sword actually is3.2CM.

[LafayetteCCurtis]

Narrow but thick and rather stiff. Sounds like an ideal thrusting sword to me, especially for the kind of "points" used in 16th- and 17th-century cavalry swordplay (or what little we know of it anyway).

[Stacy Clifford]

NO,I dont think so.

The width of the sxon military sword actually is3.2CM.

Yes, and the blade on the Machiavelli is 3.76 cm wide, only slightly wider. The Machiavelli is also just under 2 inches shorter in blade length than the Saxon sword, so while it's slightly shorter and stouter, I would still consider them in the same category of blade type. I've handled the Machiavelli and it would cut very nicely. The Saxon sword is definitely more thrust oriented, but it appears to me to still have enough blade profile to cut in a military fashion as needed based on similar swords I've handled personally. These are exactly the types of swords we use the term "cut & thrust" for.