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Old 07-31-2008, 01:04 PM
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There are different styles of short swords; I mentioned two above, and so different styles = different shapes = different thicknesses.

A 50mm wide blade could be hexagonal in cross section or diamond in cross section or other, fullered vs no fullered, etc, all will change how thick it should be.
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