In the books, the Haradrim used scimitars, and in the movies it was the sword of the Easterlings. My guess would be that during the Second Age, when Rhun was becoming a superpower (well, those weren't Tolkien's exact words, but that's what they seemed to be even onto the ending of the Third Age), the Haradrim's first order of business in their alliance with the Easterlings was to train them in how to use scimitars.
Now, based on who uses what in the movies, I would assume that the Haradrim scimitars were made out of obsidian blade on a bone handle, and then the Easterling edition was made of steel blade atop brass handle, and only seemed more lethal because the steel ones were in the
The Orcs don't seem to know what a scimitar is since they seem to make every kind of sword a sword-historian can name, but out of something weak like potassium, sodium, and mercury.
Anyway, I'm just looking for what other people have to say concerning scimitars. I'm out for that with every post: other people's opinions.
"You cannot know anything; only suspect. You must suspect to be wrong. To have overlooked, something, anticipate."
~Malik Al-Sayf, from the original Assassin's Creed from 2007
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