Single hander European swords with thin fullers that run almost the full length of the sword.

Type XII refers to single handers with three quarter length fullers. XIIa to hand and half to two handed swords with three quarter length fullers.

XIII are single handers with fullers that run half their length. XIIIa are two hander swords also with half length fullers, XIIIb has a shorter grip than both.

Stout and broad single hander swords with fullers that run approximately half their length. They generally feature finely pointed tips without an angled step in the blade profile.

Finely pointed swords with diamond section blades or hollow ground with stiff mid ribs. Type XV is a single hander and Type XVa is hand and a half or two hander. Sometimes XVa has a small fuller.

Fullers running about half the length of the sword terminating into a blade profile that is diamond section. Type XVI is single hander and XVIa hand and a half or two hander.

Generally narrow profile with a hexagonal cross section. Frequently these swords are very long. Almost always hand and a half grip length.

Type XVIII describes a single hander type with a diamond cross section but unlike Type XV's these swords have a stepped profile near the tip like an obelisk. XVIIIa with a short fuller. XVIIIb with a two hander grip. XVIIIc hand and a half. Please note that Ewart Oakeshott does not provide historical examples of the of XVIIIb nor XVIIIc in his 'Records of the Medieval Sword'.

Half length fullers often with two very short fullers either side. Usually with a ricasso (unsharpened portion near guard). Though many examples have parallel edges many others are tapered.

XX have two fullers running one third of the length of the blade; or swords that bear two fullers to a third after which they yield to a final fuller that runs until about half way. XXa is the same but is a finely pointed sword with strongly tapered edges.