Talk:Hunting sword

There is no one "hunting sword".

I just got a copy of Howard L. Blackmores "Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century", which is listed in the references here, and it has an entire chapter dedicated to swords used for hunting. Kind of makes me wonder if the person who put that down as a reference actually read the book. There may indeed be a type of sword called a "hunting sword", but if so, it is not the only hunting sword out there. There were many different types of swords made for hunting, so any single description of a blade is not going to cover them all. For example, the Estoc was widely used as a "boar sword", for hunting boar and bear. It had a long, edgeless blade, ideal for lancing the animal from horseback, outside the range of its claws, tusks and/or teeth (and it frequently used a hand-and-half grip too). A short blade such as described here would be useless for such a thing. Swords were also used for hunting long before the date given in the article. This describes a single type of sword, used during the modern era to finish off animals after they were shot with firearms, and called a "hunting sword", but totally neglects the use of the sword as a hunting weapon throughout history, whether created for that dedicated purpose or not. There are illustrations from ancient times showing men dispatching animals with swords, and they certainly weren't using blades such as described in the article..45Colt 23:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Agreed, the article is deceptive as written and should be expanded with broader coverage of different kinds of swords used for hunting, and their historical contexts. If you have the inclination, please do so. --diff (talk) 02:58, 29 October 2015 (UTC)