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To: PJ-Comix

My understanding is these things weren’t really all that sharp; it was more of a bludgeoning operation than a slicing one.

11 posted on 08/23/2012 10:15:58 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)

To: eclecticEel

I think I just got an idea for my 10 Things blog.

13 posted on 08/23/2012 10:17:21 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)

To: eclecticEel

Yep.

Sharp swords got damaged and lost their edge quickly.

Butterknife sharp they were.

25 posted on 08/23/2012 11:12:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)

To: eclecticEel

it was more of a bludgeoning operation than a slicing one

Those things were heavy, too. How they slung them with one hand, heavy shield in the other, puts me in awe.

70 posted on 08/24/2012 7:28:36 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)

To: eclecticEel

My understanding is these things weren’t really all that sharp; it was more of a bludgeoning operation than a slicing one.

Not true. Swords were kept as sharp as their owner could make them. That would be like saying that modern soldiers don't clean their rifles.

81 posted on 08/24/2012 12:15:55 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)

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