However, it is generally considered that these are longer daggers, and not the first ancestors of swords.

However, during the Joseon dynasty, a variety of swords were used uniformly by Korean soldiers, including but not limited to the hwando ( single edged sabre ), Hwandudaedo, Jedok geom ( literally, the " Admiral's " sword ), and the yedo.

However, swords were still used in combat, especially in Colonial Wars between native populations and Colonial Empires.

However, in its proper sense it should be used only to refer to the very large swords of the 16th century.

However in " The Ancient Celts " by Barry Cunliffe, on page 94 of that book, Professor Cunliffe writes ," All these pieces of equipment spears, swords, mail armour, mentioned in the texts, are reflected in the archaeological record and in the surviving iconography, though it is sometimes possible to detect regional variations.

However, the Chinese army was poorly trained and equipped: some regiments were armed primarily with swords and hand grenades and few had anti-tank weaponry.

However, several of these figures also seem to carry swords or daggers, and Henig discusses them in the context of warrior cults.

However, since the combatants could not control guns as precisely as swords, gun duels had a greater chance of being fatal.

However, he only explicitly describes wielding two swords in a section on fighting against many adversaries.

However, in combat with hacking-type swords, like broadswords, such an extremely hard edge is not always desirable, as blocking and parrying is often done with the edge.

" However, the Pha Phu Tsu and the Shen I Ching describing a statue in the Western provinces as being of silver, tin, lead and Tanyang copper – which looked like gold, and could be forged for plating and inlaying vessels and swords.

However, this being a quick march, the officers do not salute with swords.

However, the Birmingham industry increasingly concentrated on swords, made by " long cutlers ", and on other edged tools, whereas the Sheffield industry concentrated on knives.

However, Kusunoki was adamant not to include big robots from popular Gundam-like anime, and unrealistic designs like the spiky and colorful-haired characters wielding impossibly large swords from the Final Fantasy series.

However, because loyal retainers had sworn never to raise their swords against their master, a daimyo committing seppuku could not have a loyal retainer help him.

However, Jack is quite willing to fight Sir Lucius, and they cross swords.

However, Mosuke was displeased that Amidamaru often broke the swords he wielded because they were too poor to afford good strong steel for another sword.

However, Vathek realizes that the writing on the swords really did change.

However, smaller weapons like daggers, knives, and arrowheads could be manufactured in Scandinavia, yet the best swords and spearheads were undoubtedly imported.

However, the so-called Barbarian tribes that the Romans encountered north of the Alps did include iron war axes in their armories, alongside swords and spears.

However, when steel plate-armor covering almost all of a knight's body — and incorporating features specifically designed to defeat swords — was developed in the 15th century, a fresh generation of hafted weapons with greater impact-power had to be devised and adopted as a counter-measure by European armies.

However, the Sardaukar Elites are also equipped with small swords.

However, Zhou Tong screamed once more and this time he shot high into the sky with his swords pointed upward towards the moon.

However, Kōetsu was less concerned with swords as opposed to painting, calligraphy, lacquerwork, and the Japanese tea ceremony ( he created several Raku Ware tea bowls.

However, the system is designed, ingeniously and hopefully, so that no one man could initiate a thermonuclear war.

However, last night the tapes were not run at all during the evening hours and all we got on TV were a few snatches which Douglas Edwards and Huntley and Brinkley could squeeze into their programs.

However, if Federal funds are used, it would be entirely appropriate to train workers for jobs which could be obtained elsewhere as well as for jobs in the area of chronic unemployment.

However, it would require all data transmission to send eight bits when seven could suffice.

However, this tenfold increase in population over the course of a few generations could not be achieved by increased birthrate alone ; likely it also involved migrations of peoples from surrounding areas.

However, the team could not sustain its status and is now back in the second division.

However, Tiberius didn ’ t allow her to marry Saloninus, because of political implications the marriage could have.

However, his succession could not have been foreseen at the time, as Alfred had three living elder brothers.

However, in practice they proved to be too large to manoeuvre well in the close waters of estuaries and rivers, the only places in which a ' naval ' battle could occur.

However, king Amadeus could do little within the rarefied peninsular political climate.

However, Amalric could not remain there indefinitely, and returned to Jerusalem after exacting an enormous tribute.

However, unlike the Spectrum, the single-keypress keyword-entry was optional, and keywords could be entered manually if preferred.

However, music spanning several octaves could be played by repeated calls to a machine-language tone generator.

However, there were also properties which could not be explained, including the non-spherical distribution of charge in certain nuclei.

However, his training in Wolgemut's studio, which made many carved and painted altarpieces and both designed and cut woodblocks for woodcut, evidently gave him great understanding of what the technique could be made to produce, and how to work with block cutters.

However, even in eastern Saxony, the Ascanians could establish control only in limited areas, mostly near the River Elbe.

However, upon immunization with SRBC ( sheep red blood cells ), these mice demonstrated a deficiency in the maturation of an antibody response ; they were able to generate normal levels of IgM, but could not develop specific IgG levels.

However, should he decide to testify, he is subject to cross-examination and could be found guilty of perjury.

However, before anything could be done, trouble broke out in northern al-Andalus.

However, Abraham van Calraet could also have used the same initials to denote a painting.

However, GSM base stations could only serve a limited area.

However, Atari started to sue its competitor companies for releasing games to which it had exclusive-rights agreements and Emerson was left with thousands of manufactured games that could no longer be sold.

However, as more people gradually moved from working the land to living in towns ( especially those who could read and write, the only people whose use of language we now know ), the word harvest lost its reference to the time of year and came to refer only to the actual activity of reaping, and autumn, as well as fall, began to replace it as a reference to the season.

However, Conway Morris strongly disagreed with Gould's conclusions, arguing that almost all the Cambrian fauna could be classified into modern day phyla.

However, Marlborough would have to wait until Eugene was in position before the general engagement could begin.