[Steppes] {FIGHTERS} Sword length recommendations?

[Randy Shipp]

Thanks very much to Sir Lochlan and Duke Drake for their help today with my
sword and shield.  Hopefully my equipment will start coming together quickly
and I can begin being a good target...er, student, soon.

Yours,

Antoine

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was fortunate enough to get a stick of rattan and, with any luck,
> I'll be getting my basket hilt soon, so I'm starting to wonder about
> cutting my first sword in many years.  I seem to remember from olden
> days in Atlantia a rule of thumb that stated that a sword measured
> from the tip of your fingers, outstretched to your side, to the tip of
> your nose was a good length.  Can anyone here tell me what the
> conventional wisdom in the Steppes is?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Yours,
>
> Antoine d'Aubernoun
>