Posted: April 03, 2000 at 04:33:53: by Neithan
: The thread about Glamdring and Orcrist got me wondering something. How could Thorin have wielded Orcrist? If it was a main battle sword designed for lords of the Noldor, wouldn't it have been too bulky for Thorin to have carried comfortably, much less used? Hobbits were supposed to be "a little shorter than Dwarves," yet a dagger sufficed for a short sword for Bilbo. I'd love some insight from some of you weaponry experts out there.A parrying Dagger would sometimes be 40- 50cm in length and thus almost as long as the Roman Gladius sword.
NT
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