In the 16th century, the giant Doppelhänder (called the Zweihänder today; both German names refer to the appropriateness of both hands) concluded the Swords For Sale trend of ever-increasing sword sizes (mostly due to the inauguration of the decline of plate armor and the advent of firearms), and the early Concomitant Age saw the return to lighter, one-handed weapons.

The Japanese katana reached the height of its addition at about this time. In the 15th and 16th centuries, samurai sequentially found a need for a sword to exertion in closer quarters, leading to the genesis of the modern katana.