Editing Sword (section)

====Two-handed====
{{See also|Two-handed sword}}

A two-handed sword is any sword that usually requires two hands to wield, or more specifically the very large swords of the 16th century.<ref name="laodes"/>

Throughout history two-handed swords have generally been less common than their one-handed counterparts, one exception being their common use in Japan. Two-handed grips have two advantages: obviously they allow the strength of two hands to be used, not just one, but by spacing the hands apart they also allow a [[couple (mechanics)|torque]] to be applied, rotating the sword in a slashing manner.

A two-handed grip may be needed for one of two reasons: either to wield a particularly large sword or else with the single-sided Japanese [[tachi]] for a slashing cut. Slashing swords may have distinctively long hilt grips to facilitate this.