CriticallyAshamed
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Night Ninja said:Oh lordy. Those weapons aren't very heavy at all. A single handed sword weighs 3 pounds, TOPS, and the mass is distributed in such a way that it's very easy and pleasant to handle.
While that's true, I'd still think it'd be quite a challenge to swing around a second full size longsword with your weaker arm, particularly while in a tight formation as in (in theory anyway) combat between large groups. As to actually using dual short blades? Well I guess you could in... But do you really want to come up against a guy with a spear while you have two short-swords? You'll just get stabbed in the face while he stands a good metre and a bit away from you.
Edit: I am surprised to see that you're just about spot on. Those swords are nowhere near as heavy as I was lead to believe =/ I'll stick by the "pain in the arse to swing two one metre long swords in tight formation" point though.