I'm so new and I've recently finished reading guides (Hopefully I didn't skip any of them) While reading Weapon Skills in Skill List something rang false to me. When I train Longsword I will get something like Weapon: Longsword +5. Weird thing about this is if I get my Longsword skill to Master level and try to use short sword I have to start from novice and probably will cut myself while trying to swing it, if I don't understand it wrong. In my opinion someone who gets experience on using some weapon also should get experience on using related weapons. Like if you are training Longsword and after your training you get +5 xp, you should get something like +2 to all kind blades for example.
Sorry if I understood something wrong.