troll sword

it's heavy and thick, and also instead of using a harder metal for the blade and a softer metal for the guard, it's a single piece, and very very specifically shaped with a hammer out of a single ingot. There is emphasis on the idea that shaping it from an ingot is a sort of specific pattern of first shape a part like this, leave it for now and shape this over here like this, you'll see why later, now start working this out over here, but not past this point, etc.  ,,, the shaping is like as if making the shape with a hammer is a trade secret, and people try to make it but always make something else instead, all of this based on lore that I am unable to locate but am sure did exist. Ultimately it would be as such: you don't need anything else, and in fact despite the basic concepts that should make a more specialized tool better for any given task (such as a hammer or axe, or perhaps a shovel, or perhaps a knife) due to the nature of the energy balance of the sword, it is actually better, and always produces results that have synergy with the other results (so, if you make cuts in material, they will be unique, but work well with the other materials you cut with it also). 

yes, very much a xiphos, and I think that is consistent with the "supposed lore that I can't seem to locate". I think perhaps the material of lore is actually gold, although iron and bronze might be candidates, I do think that one of the concepts was no heating at any point once the ingot is formed. any heating in the metal is a result of the hammer, with certain portions of shaping emphasizing a lot of hammering for minimal changes in shape, with other portions of the shaping requiring very well performed heavy duty strikes, and only a very limited number of them. I don't know what gold is like , but there is supporting information for the idea of gold being the appropriate material. 

first, gold is easier to put together from small pieces into larger pieces. second, gold is more available in preshistory, because copper corrodes so mostly copper would come from smelting while gold could be more likely found in nuggets. However, gold is NOT THAT EASY to put together, so for most people, finding a large nugget would be crucial, and it would be paramount NOT to form the object incorrectly, because the nugget would have been ruined. In other words, you would hammer it into pieces instead of what you wanted to make, so the nugget would be lost. third, gold is more likely to be able to be kept from one generation to the next, so during prehistory when generations might pass with virtually no changes to the skillsets it takes to survive, certain possessions would have a certain value that possessions don't really have today. and in this case, a sword makes more sense than many other objects, because you wouldn't use it as much, so it wouldn't necessarily wear out. basically once a settlement were established, the best tool for every particular job would come from more disposable materials like sticks and rocks and grass, and a purpose built weapon might be something a "religious" figure might have for display.

The problem with your dream sword might be that you'll need double human strength to use it.
But I got now what your dream is.
Two swords that have one or two aspects of your ideas at least:

www.zombietools.net/shop/diphos/

www.atlantacutlery.com/gigantic-ceremonial-kukri

I own this kukri, it's a real cleaver beast but has a different blade type to your sword.

Can we not throw terms like "autism" around like that? There are other ways to get your point across without being insulting. Using a serious congenital condition in a flippant manner insults people struggling with it, and implying someone who has not admitted they live with the disorder (sans clinical evidence) in fact suffers from it, is creeping into personal attack territory. We should be respectful of each other, and not make light of those living with disabilities. 

Are you a medical professional trained in the diagnosis of people on the autism spectrum?  If not, you aren't qualified in any way to conclude that diagnosis (and no medical professional is going to risk their license doing so based on a few sword forum threads). There are any number of reasons why the original post might seem disjointed, but openly speculating in this thread is frankly just rude. If you were genuinely concerned about the OP you would have direct messaged him. If you don't like the topic don't post in it. If you want to dog pile on someone, do it somewhere else. 

That is exactly what I'm trying to do. This isn't supposed to be a hostile environment, and throwing terms around as you did sounds less like concern (which would be better inquired about discretely), and more like ridicule. This forum does not belong to us. Newcomers have just as much right to be here as we les Grognards. 

don't worry about me, anyway. 

thanks for the compliments. I am really here for my entertainment, so , I don't know, if it was a movie theater it's ok to spout whatever I guess I just figure it's the same. It's really hard to organize a description of actually a pretty complex idea without losing almost everyone to their own interpretations. 

you know I didn't make any of that sword lore stuff up. As far as I'm concerned it's real lore. I mean we do have a legend of atlantis. 

I had no worries about you as you seem pretty tough and unflappable to criticism over your several posts these last weeks.  Sounds like you have had others comment on your expansive descriptive prowess, and I'm glad you seem comfortable focusing on the virtues.  You do seem one of the more popular newer posters on the sight.  Maybe it's titles like:  Troll sword, I mean, you have to wonder what that would look like, aside from instinctively knowing it probably wouldn't be small and dainty.

ahem... Andi, the Diphos can even be handled quite easily by ME! I would say its the most advanced design from ZT looking at weight, balance and even the taper.

Ah so desu!