'Braveheart' Sword Leaves Scotland for 1st time in 700 years (William Wallace’s sword coming to NYC)

AP via Yahoo! ^ | Wed Mar 30, 8:12 AM ET Europe - AP

[1FASTGLOCK45]

Too Cool! Too Cool! :)
Well at least we don't have to worry about the Muslims getting any new ideas /sarc

[AppyPappy]

6 pounds is what it costs to see it.

[areafiftyone]

Here is the website for Grand Central CLICK . It gives you info on events at Grand Central including Tartan Week.

[ColoCdn]

Aye, Laddie. Lift that kilt, moon the buggers, and charge through them like a hot knife through butter.

[areafiftyone]

OOPS my error - thats April 2nd thru April 10th.

[eyespysomething]

Scots-Irish ping

[ColoCdn]

At this website www.macallenarmourers.com/wallace_sword.htm it displays, and sells, an exact replica.

64 inches
8 pounds

Heavy piece of steel. Would've hit like a ton of bricks.

[MJemison]

That MUST be 60 pounds.

A sword of 16 pounds would be more likely.

[Sybeck1]

Too bad this didn't find Longshanks heart!

[Andyman]

6 pounds is how much the person who saw it pointed at him left on the battlefield.

[The_Victor]

Same weight as one of these:

6 lb. solid cannon shot

[Calvin Locke]

There was a PBS show called "Connections" that tried to follow technological progress. The (probably) first show
had the host whacking a side of beef with a [broad] sword to demonstrate combat wounds 700 years ago.

[Sthitch]

"Connections" is one of the high points for PBS, it is a very well done show. I believe that it is actually a BBC production. The episode about the mini ice-age of 14th or 15th century was amazing.

[hispanarepublicana]

What's the cut-off (no pun intended) date? Mr. HR would be THRILLED to see this!

[Calvin Locke]

Here's a link from google that gives about a one page synopsis on the sword:


http://www.tartans.com/modules.php.srl.op+modload,name+News,file+article,sid+113,mode+thread,order+0,thold+0.html

[loreldan]

There's a great book called "In Freedom's Cause" about William Wallace and Robert the Bruce with an accurate portrayal written from the perspective of a fictional character. I've read this quite a few times; it's hard to put down. There's now an online version of it here...

http://gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=5891

[trisham]

Very cool. "Braveheart" is an amazing movie, one of the all-time greats.

[fishtank]

You are both wrong. Where do you get the idea that med. European swords are overly heavy?

[Fast1]

Good movie about a largely forgot and very brave Man; nice job Mr Gibson.

[kingsurfer]

Very good movie but a lot of Scots hate it for its inaccuracies. As a Brit I like it a lot despite the theme (I mean it happened a heck of a long time ago after all).
I did not like the Patriot at all. All that church burning was total BS.