Gallic Longsword Design

[Macilrille]

Depends how you define point, but I seem to recall that some Gallic long/broadswords were distinctively more pointy than the generic Viking ones, while others were much less so.
It is hard to actually track down pics online with all the drivel people put on regarding Vikings, but I found a couple.
http://images.coldsteel-knives.com/L...king_Sword.jpg
http://www.boldblades.com/Viking%20Sword%20II.JPG
http://www.swordsswords.com/ProductImages/s_s/CLASSIC_VIKING_SWORD_SS133.jpg
http://www.milhist.dk/andre/vikinger...ing_svaerd.jpg

These will definately all do a lot of damage to a human body if used for stabbing. Vikings probably did not wear much armour though, or we have not found it. Consider that the chisel point of a Katana is also quite adequate for stabbing and contrary to myth, katanas were no better than European contemporary blades. Before becoming a historian I was in fact a carpenter for ten years, and I kept my chisels razorsharp all the time, if I could not shave with them, I got out the whetstones. They too could benetrate quite a lot I suppose...

Oh well, I am musing and ranting when I should properly be a sleep ;-)