You thinking a gladius hipanesis (sp) or a viking blade?. You don't mention width either.
Thickness ranges but the real ones were not all that thick and would have good distal taper. A good weight for a *real* historical blade for almost 1000 years was around 1kg and that includes the mountings and grip! Many *reproductions* made these days are way too heavy and would be considered useless junk back then---and we have MUCH better steels!
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Thomas
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