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You are all peasants now. (i.imgur.com)

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[–] Filibuster_Rhymes@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I always thought so too because of movies and games. One-handed swords were only about 3 lbs, and two-handed swords, like the one she found, were only around 6 lbs. Even zweihander was under 10 lbs. Crazy.

https://workingtheflame.com/heaviest-swords-in-history/

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For international readers, that's:
1 handed = ~1.3kg
2 handed = ~2.7kg
Zweihander = ~4.5kg

Other measurements:
Thinkpad P14 laptop (approx 1.6kg / 3.5lbs)
1 handed = 0.8 Thinkpads
2 handed = 1.7 Thinkpads
Zweihander = 2.8 Thinkpads

Average cat (~4kg / 8.8lbs)
1 handed = 0.3 cats
2 handed = 0.7 cats
Zweihander = 1.1 cats

Tin of Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce (420g / 0.42kg /0.93lbs)
1 handed = 3.1 tins of beans
2 handed = 6.4 tins of beans
Zweihander = 10.7 tins of beans

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Zweihander = 10.7 tins of beans

Thank you for putting it into American units.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

For reasons I can't remember, tins of beans is also a Lemmy unit :)

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, go grab a 5lb weight and go swing it around. It's not easy to do for long.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Its also how the weight is distributed that plays a huge role in how it feels

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No one said it doesn't take skill, practice, and strength to wield it through a battle, or that you wouldn't get tired doing so for long enough. But it isn't too heavy for a child to pick up.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Might have lost some percentage of weight to corrosion too, though it looks amazingly preserved.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I like how it's just called two hander lol.