User blog:Aramirtheranger/The Oakeshott Typology: What it is, and how we can use it

The Oakeshott Typology was created by historian and illustrator Ewart Oakeshott in 1960 as a means of classifying Medieval swords by their blade shape, labeling them X through XXIII, with variants of a blade form having a letter, such as b, after the Roman numerals. . Using the typology we can get much more specific with our character's Medieval style swords. Instead of saying "the sword has a small one-handed hilt and a long, thin blade", we can say "the sword is a type XVIIId".