Types of Sword

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Types Of Swords
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Longsword and Bastard Sword
 The term longsword and bastard sword most
frequently refers to a late Medieval and
Renaissance weapon designed for use with two
hands.
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Claymore Sword
A claymore is the Scottish variant of the late
medieval two-handed sword. 
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Edgeless and Thrusting Sword
Xiphos Sword The Spartiates were always armed
with a xiphos as a secondary weapon. Among most
Greek warriors, this weapon had an iron blade of
about 60 centimetres. The Spartan version was
typically only 30-45 centimetres.
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Rapier Sword
The term "rapier" appeared in the English lexicon
via the French épée rapière which either compared
the weapon to a rasp or file it may be a
corruption of "rasping sword" which referred to
the sound the blade makes when it comes into
contact with another blade. Note that there is no
historical Italian equivalent to the English word
"rapier".
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Single-edge and curved swordsHook Sword
The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao or shuang gou
also known as hu tou gou (tiger head hook) is a
Chinese weapon traditionally associated with
northern styles of Chinese martial arts and Wushu
weapons routines, but now often practiced
by southern styles as well.
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Kopis
Unlike the xiphos, which is a thrusting weapon,
the kopis was a hacking weapon in the form of a
thick, curved single edged iron sword. In
Athenian art, Spartan hoplites were often
depicted using a kopis instead of the xiphos, as
the kopis was seen as a quintessential "villain"
weapon in Greek eyes.
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Katanas
Historically katana were one of the traditionally
made Japanese swords that were used by
the samurai of feudal Japan.Modern versions of
the katana are sometimes made using
non-traditional materials and methods.
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Falchion and cutlass
The falchion proper is a wide straight-bladed but
curved edged hanger or long knife.
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