The Elven block.

[Morgoth the Great]

I have been pondering this for some time(and searching for it too [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) and i think that i have another thing to say about it.

I am currently studying Homer in my ancient greek classes, and thats when it hit me that there is no reference to using short swords in Tolkien. It has always seemed to me that there are broadswords and long swords. There are DAGGERS, but no army of men with short swords, as was the custom in ancient times. I also noticed that weapons never really advance from what they begin with. It is a long history span, but although strong there only seems to be exceptions(e.g. Narsil) that arent simply normal swords. The Elves have of course Elven blades and thus dont need to advance, but Men never seem to. There is the explosives at Helms Deep, but that was contrived by the Maia spirit Saruman, and can therefore not really be counted as advancements of men.