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100lb steel plate at the size of a pizza pan and 1 inch think? that is impossible

u are probably using a comparison to weights that u train with which are filled with a much heavier metal... most...

actually, the anvil would be easier to wield since it is not as long... less leverage

if u crumbled up a sword into a ball, u would have a shot-put size ball of carbon steel weighing about 2-4...

even if medieval plate suits weighed 100lbs - which they do not... even jousting suits only approach 80lbs - are u telling me there is the same amount of material in a 7ft kwan dao as a suit of plate...

i'm sorry but that is terribly wrong

like i said before, an ANVIL! ANVIL ANVIL ANVIL WEIGHS 100LBS!
a big ANVIL weighs 100lbs

plate armor only weighs 50lbs

no weapon has more material than...

ya, why do people keep saying about it being a cavalry weapon so it should be heavy?

adding weight to a charging weapon that stays relatively still will not do anything really different... u're...

heh, thought u were referring to the german sword

anywayz though, even for solo training that is overboard

ANVILS weigh 100lbs.

good rebuttle....


weight training thing - meh, still try a 100lb bar... u won't be able to use it.

actually, it was a claymore...

a claymore is basically just a celtic sword with an unusually narrow blade for a two-handed sword.

william wallace's sword was unusually narrow and it was celtic...

highlander claymors could NOT weigh over 6lbs... they were one of the narrowest two-handers ever made thus, they would be much lighter... they averaged at 4lbs.

out of frustration, i have issued a...

heh, i have researched this kind of thing for a bit but i expected way more people on here to know about the weight of weapons

kungfu practioners to use weapons themselves... those dao things only...

alright... have you seen how thin a claymore is?

the blade is about as thin as a regular 1-handed sword... it was just the way the celts made it

it would not weigh more than 5lbs unless it was...

made big mistake in this post hehe...

william wallace's claymore was about 4 - 4.5 feet and weighed about 3-4lbs

claymores don't weigh as much as most two-handers because they tend to be very skinny

and broadswords are not actually...

the average two-hander weighs about... um... 4-6lbs i think or maybe even lighter

oh, and i'm not part of the sword forum... i'm part of Netsword (http://www.netsword.com)

i like the people...

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...