It's not the blade proper. I'm not sure about real life but it seems that a lot of games have swords with places to grip above the blade for the sake of a better grip for a killing blow or something. Can't find any evidence of that being put to practice in real life, but I may definitely be wrong.
It's not the blade proper. I'm not sure about real life but it seems that a lot of games have swords with places to grip above the blade for the sake of a better grip for a killing blow or something. Can't find any evidence of that being put to practice in real life, but I may definitely be wrong.