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This does make total sense. Why not craft a blade to fit the handed-ness of a wielder when all swords were custom made to begin with? We have a mass production mindset that is difficult to overcome.

this is very interesting because it raises a lot of questions about how poeple used swords and what grip would have been used then.

Very interesting. I've just finished making a short sword\long knife where I accidentally twisted the guard...now I can say it was deliberate!

Dies klitzekleinen Details, die du da immer wieder herausfindestest... fantastisch!!! Vielen Dank, man!

Wow! Never knew, never thought.

It is common for modern sport fencers, especially those who still use the French style grip, to ‘cant’ their tangs for better alignment AND with respect to handedness. This theory does not seem farfetched. It would not be difficult for a blacksmith to make such adjustments (I used to put my own ‘cant’ on my epee blades with a vice). The question is what percentage of swords from this era exhibit these traits?

Thank you good Sir for your valuable knowledge and the time and effort you took/take in sharing it

Fascinating! Thank you.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

I like the shape of that pommel.

Very interesting

A question: Would heavy use begin to 'twist' a sword like this, if it started out perfectly symmetrical? I'm wondering if a possible origin for these sorts of fine-tuned features might have been found by observing desirable features developed 'accidentally' by putting a sword through heavy use (beating on a log or whatever), and then recreating the desirable traits accidentally found, or if this is more likely to have gone the other way - taking desirable features from non-symmetric sword forms and 'hiding' them in a near-symmetrical construction.

Interesting stuff, but it is very difficult to prove that these slight adjustments were intentional because of a number of reasons such as the age of the material and a medieval acceptance of things not looking perfect. Textual evidence here would really prove this idea but may be impossible to find. Out of curiosity, how frequently do you find this twist in the pommel of swords from this period?

I feel like this might be an Occam’s Razor scenario.