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Barghast Swords what are they?

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Posted 06 May 2014 - 10:54 AM

Does anyone have any idea what the barghast "hookswords" are like? I've always had trouble visualising them and don't remember there being any description of them. I can't really imagine them being like the Chinese hook swords/twin hooks.

My closest guess was something like a longsword with the end having a spike going back towards the hilt ( like the end of a fish hook) or the HBO Games of Thrones representation of the arakhs or a khopesh, sort of a sickle sword. Same goes for the new ones they find in the canoes as well really.

Here's a few link for the ones I've mentioned:
Hook sword: http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Hook_sword
Arakh: http://alexcollins17...arios-arakh.jpg
Khopesh: http://www.odinblade...n/Khopesh/2.jpg

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Posted 06 May 2014 - 12:28 PM

I always imagine the Arakh from GoT too tbh. It is a very good visualisation of a function hook sword IMO
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Posted 06 May 2014 - 12:55 PM

I always imagined something like this to be honest:

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meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 06 May 2014 - 02:19 PM

View PostI Am Brian Blessed Not Brent Weeks, on 06 May 2014 - 12:55 PM, said:

I always imagined something like this to be honest:

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looks like the swords the Uruk'ai use from LOTR, I imagine these are the barghast weapons, huge cumbersome dudes weilding huge swords is a better fit that arakhs IMO
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