sword thickness ?

[Rravan]

hi guys i am planing to start my first sword in a few weeks and was wondering how thick it sould be?
It will be about 2 feet long, double edged, with a fuller in middle and a lon taper to a point.
any advice would be great.
thanks
i promise to post pictures along its journey

[ThomasPowers]

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!

[Rravan]

thank you for your reply
not sure if this is actualy a sword type but it would be a short sword type thing. i was thinking about 45mm to 50mm in width.

[ThomasPowers]

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.