I'd say wielding a baby is more effective to get your point across than trying to swing an 8lb sword.
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Obviously the weight distribution is different but my chain bike lock is just under 9 pounds. Legitimately would be my go to self defence weapon cause it's horrifying once you start swinging it.
*throws a christian baby at you*
Not too self: don't bring a cutlass to rapier fight.
Just bring a polearm, and laugh at all of these
Or just get some cans of soup. You know. For your family.
The longsword second from the bottom seems pretty heavy for that profile tbh. Montante/Zweihänder (last one) is also on the upper end of usable weight. Bordering on ceremonial/parade sword
Montante where definitely used for more than just ceremonial/ threatening looking guards or housecarl. But yes because of their size they were used almost more like a spear.
Oh I meant to include: these i'm listing are blunt, which adds a little bit of weight compared to their 'real' sharp counterparts.
They're saying it's very heavy for a Montante, normal ones were lighter. Extremely heavy swords were often reserved to parade, where style was more important than function
Oh for sure, i'm just saying a 3.5kg one is on the upper end of usable. I've used one a good bit lighter than that and one slightly heavier and the heavy one was a BEAST to maneuver.
This one is under 2kg for example: https://sigiforge.com/products/sigi-montante/
Regenyei sells one aka "The Beast" at 3.6kg as their heaviest offer: https://regenyei.com/product/two-handed-sword-01/
Once you go past that it gets so difficult to weild effectively - depending on your weight, strength and size of course.
If you're gonna use a sword that weighs the same as a loaf of bread, why not just use a baguette? 🤷🏻♂️
That's some frenchcore right here
What's everyone's EDC?
Noob.
My city commune recently forbade concealed carry, smh.
Then carry openly and proud. No need to hide your beauty
Chilli is more than most Americans will ever need from a blade.
Soup for my family. Weighs about as much as a can of soup.
so you are telling me yeeting a claymore and a baby require the same effort?
claymores have that pommel which will make it easier to wield than a baby.
No, because throwability is influenced by rigidity. A live baby would be all floppy.
Maybe an embalmed one though?
what if you yeet like olympics hammer throwers and let rotation take care of unrigidity?
this reminds me that they had to change the rules in javelin throwing, apparently the athletes used to throw javelins like that.
oh yes the method which caused injuries in the audience
It seems to be a bolonese spada due mani, from late XV century, not a claymore
hmmm bologneseeeee
The can of chili should be a can of beans, obviously. Other than that, good chart!
Also a claymore is about 5 lbs
Bottled milk in those containers where I am is more like 2kg, being a 2L bottle, so that was a weird spot to see that.
1 litre jugs of milk are 2 litres where you are? That's wild
Such is life in metric countries.
That picture isn't clear enough to see the writing, 1L jugs don't exist where I am. That shape is exclusive to 2L jugs, because 1L are in rectangle cardboard cartons and don't have a handle.
Drive me closer, I want to stab them with my cat!
cats are weapons