Favorite Weapon in the Series

[rrrrr]

Martin's sword.

It destroyed the most vermin. It killed EDIT: Asmodeus, who was thought to be invincible.

[Hickory]

No, the collapsing hillside + the fire killed Baliss.

[Mhera]

Tiria's sharkskin sling. Fantastic simplicity.

[rrrrr]

That was cool. And she's so good with it too.

[Stonestripe]

I really liked the sword that the Rapscallion leaders used one side wavey the other stright and a secret ring that mad it land on the side the leader preferred. It was famous in the way of the vermin like martin's sword was to redwall. Whoever had it was respected and followed.

[Edraithel]

Bows are my favorite weapons but I can't think of a particular bow that was very special in the series. If I had to pick a special weapon it would be the Sgian Dhus or black dagger that Rakkety Tam used.

[The Skarzs]

I really liked the sword that the Rapscallion leaders used one side wavey the other stright and a secret ring that mad it land on the side the leader preferred. It was famous in the way of the vermin like martin's sword was to redwall. Whoever had it was respected and followed.

As a blacksmith, I have no idea how that would be made.

[Skyblade]

I have always liked Zaran's double-bladed sword. It's this that got me interested in weapons with two blades. I honestly don't know how efficient they are, but to me they seem interesting, cool, and nifty.

Historically, double-bladed swords never existed for real. Skallagrim had made a video explaining why they aren't the best of ideas, and I think I'll post a link to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPXOOKEnvoQ

In short, the weigh twice as much as a regular sword would, lessening its usefulness due to swords requiring the lack of weight. (Most European longswords weighed in at about 2-3.5 pounds, and even the massive bigswords weighed only like 5-9 pounds.) When striking, one would not be able to get a decent cut in with the forward blade without hitting themselves with the same force with the opposite blade.

In order for something like that to work decently, the blades would have to take up rather little of the length, like so: <====]+==========+[====> You would be able to hold the sword near a hilt and be able to hit out without the long blade hitting your body, but the potential for cutting your arms is still there. The long handle would be of better use so it could be used as a quarter staff with pointy ends.

Personally, the historic, tried-and-true weapons, while often simple, are effective and have been used, rather than many fantasy weapons such as a double-bladed sword. Even so, adjustments could be made to make these weapons useful, but going with originals doesn't always hurt.

Thanks for the clarification; I actually figured it may not be practical

I have taken a liking to Finnbarr Galedeep's twin blades (maybe as an alternative to the double-bladed sword ). What would it be like to fight with one sword in each hand?

[The Skarzs]

Glad I could help clarify.

I dunno what using two swords would be like; it's been done in real life, though not often, so I'm curious as to how the movements would be.

[Dannflower Reguba]

       I wouldn't be at all surprised if the style often prioritized one sword for defensive purposes while the other was used the same as usual. A stance involving cross overs would be far more aggressively capable, but would also leave a lot of vulnerability.

[Spearfinn]

I sometimes have cold steel (you know those really hard plastic  weapons) hunger games type things and i get duble swords alot and it's actully hard to use them.

[Skyblade]

Well, based on some research, a sword and shield is more preferable. A second sword would be used more as a defensive weapon.