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Originally Posted by korppi76
Hmm thas weird, all medieval swords I have seen in museums weight max 12 lbs, but then again I am not expert with swords I know only how to handle Katana but not european versions.
But I remember reading that Great Sword weighted 20 lbs.... (isnt lbs about 0,46 kg or something like that?)
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These things would be around 2.3-3.6 kg or 5-8 lbs
Talk of european swords being large, heavy, blunt elongated bits of iron is just that, talk. Its like saying that an m16 rifle weighs 30kg. Such a weight would be impractical as a personal weapon now, and it was impractical in medieval and rennaisance times as well.