Are you a bastard?

[Guts]

Bastard also meant a rough or irregular surface at one point in history, think of the finer part of the sword with its sides serrated like a file - Probably not the most elegant of swords to fall to, to be honest. Also, notice how they are always at the post-beginner stage of RPGs... better than your ****ty bronze or iron swords, but only just.

Bastard sword means that it's of unknown origin, it's longer than a normal sword but shorter than a two-handed great sword ie. a "bastard" of the two swords. It's also known as "hand-and-a-half sword".

[dataDave]

Ah ok, I thought it was linked to the metalworking definition...