http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/93395/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/images/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-20110330052314715.html?page=mediaFull what sword do you think this is? cause it obviously isnt a claymore.

It looks like a claymore to me. But then again, I'm no sword expert. And aren't flamberge's supposed to have serrated jagged edges?

Isn't a flamberge a wavy blade, like a kris?

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's just an "Iron Claymore" or whatever.

I'm not expecting tons of sub-type weapons (Flamberge, Greatsword, Claymore, Hand-and-a-Half, Dai-Katana) but we'll see. I certainly hope for it, but we'll probably be stuck with standard fare.

Daggers

Shortswords

Longswords

Claymores

il try to look into it all i know is that is no claymore

Boom. :hubbahubba:

Overall Opinion: It's a claymore.

Zweihander

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9HgCrmhTyAE/SxHphqKP6RI/AAAAAAAAAag/7Hax-n3xa7k/s320/zweihander.jpg

Same shape as

http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-119414370-hd.jpg

Honestly, it looks just like a claymore, but with greater attention to detail. You're taking notice of the non-edged foregrip (usually used to rebalance the sword more like a pike for countering mounted troops), when pretty much any two-handed sword, aside from the Hand and a Half (Bastard) will have that.

Pull up a picture of the Daedric Claymore in Oblivion, it has that as well.

A "Flamberge" is a variation on a blade, not a whole sword. Actual flamberges were meant to deter grabbing of the blade, because the flamberge made it far easier to just yank the blade out of the grabber's hand and take several fingers with it (more likely than just a straight edge)

The sword in the pic does not have a flamberge. It appears to be a claymore.

thats definitely a claymore.

Zwei means "two" in German, so yes, it is a two-hand sword

As for the sword in the OP's link, it is merely a 2-hand sword, with added touches by the artist to make it look more "Nordish", such as the shape and engraving of the hand guard.The guard on the OP's link, while sloped, is rather short, compared to the guards 2-handed swords sported in the past. The guard looks more as if it came from a Nordic sword.

2-hand swords are popularly referred to as "claymores", which comes from the Gaelic for "great sword". This great sword was popular among the Scottish clans during the middle ages. Of course, everyone who watched Braveheart knows this.

Oh, and no, I didn't "google" it, I have owned one for many years, and I bought it before Braveheart came out
Part of a small, but very impressive collection... if I say so myself

nope its a http://www.fightdesigner.com/steelswordmain/zweihander.gif this was directed toward mikelee

I use a sword much like that one quite often in Brotherhood. :tongue:

http://weaponschoice.com/images/Scottish%20Claymore%20Sword.jpg
http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/images/scottish-claymore-sword-11.jpg
http://www.fightdesigner.com/steelswordmain/zweihander.gif

Looks like a claymore to me, most likely an iron one aswell.

Indeed its a Flamberge.

The main diference beetween a flamberge and a claymore its the flamberge has the beyong guard grip to use it in a spearlike way, or shorten the reach of the blade if enemy get too close, or try to get under your guard.
I dont think one sword alone would stop a horse, the horsemane will only deviate a little and slash at you using the horse speed to shatter your bones with pure impact Cavalry sabre where damn heave just for that. The likeliness of defending yourself arent good with such a heavy and slow weapon.
You would need many people to form a wall. And unless heavyly trained and armored, the horse won t even try to break a wall of shields with normal swords protuberating from it or even better: spears

Flamberge is more decorative than anything else, as the serrated edge, it impressive and dissuasive but doesn t have much effect. It just damn sixy.

i posted links :/ click on em

aahhh its a two handed weapon who gives a [censored], its a sword, it cuts n stabs like the rest.......DUH!!!!lol

You posted links, but still don't have it right.. As I posted earlier, "zweihander" simply means "two hander" in German. zwei=two.
Claymore comes from the Gaelic for "great sword", so you could call any big, two-handed sword a "claymore".

Speaking of claymores, this sword is also a "claymore"
http://www.museumreplicas.com/popup.aspx?src=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1177128-more-variety-in-weapons-confirmed/images/product/large/197_2_.jpg

It is a Zweihander in as much as it's a 2-handed sword. The defining feature seems to be the Parierhaken (parrying hooks), but as they are not exclusive to Zweihanders the sword is simply a Greatsword imo.
(definitely not a flamberge)

Also, you and I have a different idea of what 'confirmed' means lol...

That's defiantly a claymore.

Not a tradicional claymore.
A modern claymore.

Zweihander, bastardsword, claymore, Flamberge, Dai Katana, and the like.

They have diference in style, and that make the name.

They all fall under the 2 handed sword category but aren t the same.
T bone, rosebeef, picanha,etc are meat, but they all have theyr own properties.

@ all of the claymore claimer: it IS a FLAMBERGE, check on styles on the internet, You will find flamberges with non waved blades, but will never find a claymore with before guard grip and so wide guards.

But this doesn t annouce more variety in weaponry.

Given what 'flamberge' means, I really don't see why any sword would be called that without a wavy blade.

Would you like to point me in the right direction as to these styles Succellus?