Perhaps if you would like to play with it to perfection, let they hang their swords on belt before they come to the battle :) Btw, have you thought about new axe and a two-handed sword animations? fs_swordsman and fs_2handed are extremely unrealistic, especially that weird battle stance with vertically held weapon... I tried your barbarian swordsman but it is weird with axemen too. Axe battle stance is usual with the weapon on right arm while covering the left side with shield.