Originally posted by Omnislash
I'm quite fond of the warhammer actually. I like it much better than the mace. π
So you know without me getting too technical:
A claymore is a really big sword. About five feet long.
A bastard sword (also called 1 1/2 hand) is a somewhat large sword, either a slow one hander or a quick two hander.
they claymore is the choice of the scottish higlanders! i have no idea if it was used anywhere else, but the scottish clans used it with a quite small round shield. didn't stop us from getting our arses whooped at culloden though π