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Effectiveness of Medieval weapons
Stanislaw:
I agree with Ian's sentiments here.
Even though a lot of helms made these days are made thicker for reenactment battles, you still wouldn't be able to cleave through 16 or 18 gauge steel, let alone maille.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2014-03-11, 23:09:01 ---hm that is a good point Sir Ian.
I have exerts from my 6th great grandmother's diary that stated that her husband split the drunkard land lord in half with a shillelagh after the guy had shot into the house killing my grandfather's brother and shooting her in the arm.... what would that mean? lol
--- End quote ---
Sounds like more than the land lord was drunk :D
Sir Nate:
I agree with Sir Ian.
Sir Edward:
We also have to remember that descriptions can be highly exaggerated in general, and it's possible that some artwork might follow a similar pattern to make a clear point.
For instance, if someone were hit in the head with a sword, right in the middle, it might be described as being "split in half" even if the sword only penetrated an inch or two. Linguistic exaggeration I suspect has been common throughout human history.
Stanislaw:
A short scientific video on the "cleaving" of steel and iron:
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