Lawrence Makoare in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
SWORD: ONE-HANDED, SINGLE-EDGED - with an optional off-hand object (either shield, or another weapon)
Which weapon would you most likely wield, if given a choice?
Thanks to TsarStepan for some advice
A bastard is a type of sword which can be used reasonably well with one or both hands, depending of the situation; it got its name because it is a 'love child' of a one-handed and a two-handed sword, but it belongs to neither of them, and is therefore a bastard