Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
Actually I don't think that two handed swords (at least Scottish claymores) were all that heavy. I believe the one that Baxter of Earlshall had was something in the neighborhood of 8 pounds. About the same weight as a Brown Bess musket or a .303 Enfield rifle of WWI/WWII vintage. That being the case, I suppose it would be "wieldy" rather than "unwieldy" and certainly a facile weapon in the hands of a muscular swordsman.
The Wallace broad sword in particular was apparently about 9lb. I've only seen it behind glass (at the Wallace Memorial in Stirling) but at about 5'6" long would almost certainly be too unwieldy to sling on even Wallace's back.