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Anon · 04-12-2005, 12:13 PM

"Oh it might look like one, but I think you have been had, conned and suckered.
A hand and a half would weigh in at 4.5 lbs or less."

What you think is really rather irrelevant friend. I've had the hilt off. It has a 1" steel tang running the length of the hilt.

It's real alright.

It is so heavy beacause of the sheer mass of the blade. The blade is at least three times wider than those pictured in Stuarts post(the blade is 40"x6". I challenge you to find a piece of 40x6 steel bar stock that weighs 5lbs...lol). Almost the entire weight of a sword is in the blade. Triple the width of the blade...you're obviously going to roughly triple the weight of the weapon.

If my damned digital camera hadn't broke i'd take some pictures of it with the hilt off. It's as real as a sword gets.

PS: Considering that i paid exactly nothing for the blade, i'd say it would be quite hard for me to have been 'conned, had, or suckered'.

04-12-2005, 12:13 PM	#137 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	"Oh it might look like one, but I think you have been had, conned and suckered. A hand and a half would weigh in at 4.5 lbs or less." What you think is really rather irrelevant friend. I've had the hilt off. It has a 1" steel tang running the length of the hilt. It's real alright. It is so heavy beacause of the sheer mass of the blade. The blade is at least three times wider than those pictured in Stuarts post(the blade is 40"x6". I challenge you to find a piece of 40x6 steel bar stock that weighs 5lbs...lol). Almost the entire weight of a sword is in the blade. Triple the width of the blade...you're obviously going to roughly triple the weight of the weapon. If my damned digital camera hadn't broke i'd take some pictures of it with the hilt off. It's as real as a sword gets. PS: Considering that i paid exactly nothing for the blade, i'd say it would be quite hard for me to have been 'conned, had, or suckered'. Last edited by Anon : 04-12-2005 at 12:22 PM.