How did they measure sword blades?

Jens Nordlunde · 25th April 2016, 09:34 PM

Should I guess, then I would say, that they maybe later paid less attention to the length of the swords, and more to from where the swords came. Guessing of course, as the superstition was very big - still is in some areas - even in Europe. Dont leave a pair of sissors open on a table, dont lick an iron knife, dont give your friend a knife, you never know when he will use it on you, if you see a black kat crossing the street in front of you.... and so on.
Maybe the English's, German's, Italian's and the othe blade producing countries did know about the demand of the 'lucky' and 'unlucky' lengths of the blades - I dont know.
But I do believe that the blades were measures along the backside of the blade, and not in a straight line.

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25th April 2016, 09:34 PM	#5
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Should I guess, then I would say, that they maybe later paid less attention to the length of the swords, and more to from where the swords came. Guessing of course, as the superstition was very big - still is in some areas - even in Europe. Dont leave a pair of sissors open on a table, dont lick an iron knife, dont give your friend a knife, you never know when he will use it on you, if you see a black kat crossing the street in front of you.... and so on. Maybe the English's, German's, Italian's and the othe blade producing countries did know about the demand of the 'lucky' and 'unlucky' lengths of the blades - I dont know. But I do believe that the blades were measures along the backside of the blade, and not in a straight line.