differences in swordfighting styles

Hi,

In my WIP, a fantasy novel, two characters have a duel with swords. I have the book Fighting with the German Longsword by Christian Henry Tobler to get a few ideas from, but my problem is that the characters aren't using German longswords. Their swords are a bit shorter, probably have narrower blades, and are slightly curved. These people mostly use their swords from horseback, but here they're fighting on foot. So my question is really how different would the feel of a duel using these swords be from one using longswords? (I'm not planning on writing the whole duel in a technical sense blow by blow, but I want to convey the feel of what it's like.)

Thank you for any thoughts or advice you can give me.
KiwiChick

rtilryarms said:

look up the Prussian "Blucher" Sabre. Let me know if that is what style you had in mind.

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Can I say "tentatively, yes"? The tentatively because I'd like to know the implications of a yes before I commit, and I'm not sure about the part on the hilt that goes right around the hand - when I've imagined them fighting before their swords never had them. Perhaps you can tell me a good reason why they should...?