The Kwan Dao weighing 100lbs? That is ridiculous!
i was reading about the weapons on this site and i looked at the Kwan Dao
supposedly it weighs 100lbs. that is ridiculous. that would be like wielding a small teenager or two full suits of plate armor in that polearm
i don't any hand-to-hand weapon worth using weighs more than 18lbs and that is still going kind of far
no good two handed sword is more than 10lbs and polearms are not that much different from a half-sworded two-hander, just a bit longer so probably a little heavier
anyone else notice this as i have?
(please no "clunky euro swords can weigh up to 40lbs and hammers can weigh 80lbs!" comments on the weight of swords... i have done so much research on it that i would not like to be bothered with that.) I am a member of the Netsword forum. Many Swords enthusiasts there so my information comes from many enlightened people :D
(also go to http://www.armor.com and check there info if u disagree. they make weapons that are well-renowned for all of us sword enthusiasts)
unfortunately, those forums are mostly dedicated to euro stuff so i posted it here as well as there.... not many people interested in asian-things there.
A few things u must remember
I'm not saying that the kwan dao was 100 or 108 lbs. Actuallly, i think it would be 10 caddy not not pounds. However, you must remember that there are always things like this written in Chinese history (Extreme things). you must also remember that the kwan dao was mainly used on horse back. you didn't really to swing it. You would have the blade sticking out on one side and ride through the battle field or just do one big slow swing while u ride through. The weight would make this easier. Was it 100 pounds? Maybe not but it probable was very heavy .0