Armored Combat:Equipment standards - Handheld weapons - Two-handed weapons

Two-handed weapons

Weapons which can be used with one or two hands must have the following requirements:

1. The weapon must be constructed of rattan of not less than 1 1/4 inches (31.8 mm) in diameter (including tape) along its entire length.
   1. Two-handed swords, great swords, and bastard swords are allowed to have a thinner handle area with a diameter less than 1 1/4 inches (31.8 mm).
   2. Polearms are not allowed to have a thinner handle.
   3. Polearms are allowed to contain blades constructed of split rattan, as long as the piece(s) are securely fastened to the haft.
2. The weapon must not be excessively flexible.
3. When thrusting tips are used on rattan weapons with length less than or equal to 7 1/2 feet (2.286 m):
   1. they must be at least the same diameter as the shaft of the weapon they are mounted
   2. they must have 1 1/2 inches (38.1 mm) of resilient material in front of the rigid tip of the weapon, thereby providing progressively resistant give. (Note: Pressing with the thumb into the center of the thrusting tip is not an adequate test. The give must be across the entire face of the tip.)
4. 2-inch Mandrake brand thrusting tips are not legal on weapons longer than 7 1/2 feet (2.286 m).
5. Weapons exceeding 7 1/2 feet (2.286 m) must not be used for cutting or smashing and can only be used for thrusting (see Spears).