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Originally posted by robertthebard:
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Originally posted by Bozos of Bones:
Why thank you Iron Greasel [img]smile.gif[/img]
I make it a hobby to know trivia and all kinds of stuff. Never know when aliens might attack the planet and I just happen to be the only man who can save th earth by combining a diamond to a piece of wood and a rubber spring to create an ion cannon that will destroy the alien mothership and send them back from where they came from [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Alrighty then, but I have one question, which may just be an oversight on your part, oh master of obscure, and wonderful wisdom. If you blow up the mother ship, how are they gonna get back where they came from? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Marty 4, I've seen great swords, up close and personal, held one in both my hands, and while it is heavy, it's not one hundred pounds. I do, however, agree that longswords are not all that heavy. Fuctional ones weigh a bit more than two pounds, but they aren't all that heavy, maybe eight to ten pounds all told. [/QUOTE]Weight of a longsword depends a lot on the design. Blades typically considered 'longswords' (by people today) are single handed weapons with a distally tapered blade. Classical blades typically weigh 2-3 lbs and are well balanced with a COG an inch or two forward of the tang. There were periods of time when bashing was the most effective way to defeat an armored opponent, and at those times the blades tended to get heavier (to break an arm through armor), but often these blades were used point first (stick the pointy end into the bad guy) so were light and fast. Scimitars or slashing blades in contrast tend to have COG's farther forward on the blade, the also tend to weigh MORE than the typical longsword (think about it... you want the inertia of your oblique stroke to have enough energy to cut through thick leather and wood armor)... and were primarily used for cutting through cloth or light armor with a long drawing cut (acting a lot like a saw blade).
Here's a good article about straight vs. curved weapons by a brilliant gentleman who knew a bit about war...
http://www.pattonhq.com/textfiles/saber.html
[ 07-21-2005, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: Thoran ]