Figwit mentions that Sam was fighting with his Barrow-Sword and not a frying pan in the book. At the start of the battle sequence, Sam does have a sword and uses it with some skill. I also noted he was wielding it with his right hand. Later when he is laying about with the frying pan, he has the pan in his left hand, and his right hand is not visible. Finally, right after Frodo is stabbed by the cave troll, you can see Sam wielding both sword and frying pan, although now the frying pand is in his right hand and the sword in his left.
I do not know if Figwit meant to imply that Sam didn’t use a sword the entire battle, or that his use of the frying pan is not from the books. But I wanted to point out that Sam does indeed use a sword for much of the battle.

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