Re: The Irony

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_toppoint.de>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:46:15 +0100 (CET)


Jane Williams
>> 3kg per scimitar?? How /big/ are those things?

> There must be a lot of wastage in manufacture is all I can say (and I
> don't know much about manufacture).

> The finished article, depending on size and design, I'd expect to weigh
> about 2-3 pounds.

Spot on, Jane - I calculated a blade about 1 to 1.5 kg, and the rest losses in production.

The 450 cubic centimetres describe the raw ingot.


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