Silver Diphos

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New two-handed ancient-themed sword in the Secret Of The Silver Blades collection.

The Diphos is not an ancient sword, but a modern fantasy design invented by Zombie Tools in 2014. Though mine is based on a real Xiphos, rather than copying theirs.

Still, unlike some other fantasy designs, the ZT design does seem to work pretty well as a practical combat sword, and its weight and point of balance are in line with historical blades. The shorter blade is compensating the extra width, basically. You could actually fence with it, if you don't mind the slightly shorter reach and lack of a longer handguard. (Though if the zombies can fence, you have bigger problems;))

See Skallagrim's Review Of The Zombie Tools Diphos for what a more competent swordsman than me thinks of the general design of a diphos.

And an ancient-themed sword designed for beheading undead felt like it would belong in a mod that's all about killing undead in an ancient-themed world.