Time to show off something very interesting - my family sword! There's a story to go with the sword, but as to the exact provenance of it - no one really knows. This is basically the result of my research, based on info gleaned from Google, what my father knows about...
So here's the common trope: there is a master swordsman. This swordsman has a single Sword of Power(TM) and has never been defeated in battle. There can be only one, etc etc. The swordsman will face many opponents with many different kinds of weapons, and emerge...
This is my longsword. It's 51 inches long, 38-inch blade. Leather wrapped hilt, scent-stopper pommel, unusual triple fuller. It's loosely based on the 15th century Oakeshott Type XVIIIb longsword, so it's basically a regular hand-and-a-half sword with an extra long...