Do Giant Fantasy Swords Make SENSE After All?

Obviously in fantasy literature / movies / games anything goes, and sometimes the craziest stuff is the most fun. Internal logic and aspects of realism can enhance immersion and flesh out the world. It’s also just fun to deliberately over-analyze how practical a weapon design would really be. However, I can get a little over-zealous with that... The Buster Sword and other humongous blades are arguably much more justifiable within a world that has superpowers and/or magic than I used to admit. :) Weights and other info about real historical zweihander (two-handed greatswords): #.YEwWYJ1KiUl What got me thinking about re-visiting this topic is a video by Allen Pan (I bought an Exoskeleton to wield Giant Anime Swords): My explanation of blade geometry, edge types, etc: About the many different ways to use (cut with) a sword: 00:00 Intro 01:27 Historical reference & wei