(unknown charset) Re: Re: The Irony

From: µävÀðw
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:34:16 +1300

> > 3kg per scimitar?? How /big/ are those things?
>
> About 450 cubic centimetres - say a foot and a half long, an inch
> wide and quarter of an inch thick. I'd say it was rather small even
> if just the blade is iron.

Medieval iron (single handed) swords weighed from 2-4 pounds - call it an average of 1.5kg.

Stephen

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