This article is by Joseph Malik.
Today I’m going to discuss an underrepresented weapon in fantasy, although it was likely the single greatest casualty-producing weapon on the medieval battlefield until the development of the longbow.
A Gran Espée de Guerre by Michael “Tinker” Pearce. (www.tinkerswords.com)
It’s a sword. It’s arguably the sword. It’s the Oakeshott Type XIIIa great sword of war, referred to as a gran espée de guerre.