>>63992935
Still not quite what I'm looking for because it's two-handed.
It's like every possible permutation of sword exists except for a short, broad, straight-line, single-edged, single-handed sword with a complex guard that's not so enclosing that it restricts wrist movement and the kinds of grip you can use (the way baskets do).
Bear with me while I get reductive here:
An estoc with a complex guard is called a rapier.
An arming sword with a complex guard is called a side sword.
So what is a falchion with a complex guard called? I've seen schiavonas with very broad double-edged blades and I've seen many different swords with narrow single-edged blades, but that specific combination of broad and single-edged never seems to have been combined with the kind of hilts we see on rapiers and side swords. It's a mystery.

>>712918769
> The only reason axes and polearms like spears were widely used is because swords were expensive and reserved for nobility,

Anon I