Gaertk at aol.com writes: > [page 40] > > Aerich knows what he wants > > I don't know much about swords (what I do know comes from > reading fantasy), but that description sounds really odd. > Wouldn't you normally want the balance closer to the tip? > Unless you intend to only use it to pierce, in which case > you wouldn't want a wide, double-edged blade. > > Note this "sword" has the same length blade as the "dagger" > Vlad is given in _Issola_. And I'm always amused to find lengths being given in metric (for short things). Being American, I associate metric with serious science, so it strikes me as odd in a fantasy novel! -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info