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					Originally Posted by  Alfirin
					 
				 
				I though a claymore was a super-sized sword, at least double the size and weight of a standard longsword, and only usable by unusally large and strong men. 
			
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 I believe Pitchwife was referring to an average-size sword seeming like a claymore in the hands of a dwarf; rather like Sting -- a knife -- seemed to be a short sword in the hands of Bilbo.