Tumblr User Does The Math On Forging Literal Blood Sword

Friday, December 18, 2020

Tumblr User Does The Math On Forging Literal Blood Sword

Man, it's unexpected threads like this that really spotlight just how lovably weird the world of Tumblr can get. We have some buds who end up quite literally running the numbers on what it'd actually take to craft a blood sword, cause why not? What else are you going to do with your free time?

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Green - edwardspoonhands lizziekeiper 000 Verizon ? 9:02 PM O 100%| < Messages Ethan Details K So i calculated it. And it eould only take about 400 people to get enough iron to forge a steel longsword What U know how fantasy books talk about swords "forged with the blood of enemies"

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Text - Well i calculated it out, and if u drainked about 400 adult men kf their blood, and extracted the iron from it, u would have enough for a longsword. Forged from the blood of your enemies That's pretty neat Ikr Text Message Send

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Text - macaedh what the fuck ethan kvothbloodless I wish i had a context for this. But I really dont. pervocracy I was all ready to "um, actually" this, but, um, actually there's about 3-4 grams of iron in a person, which x400 is 1.2-1.6kg, which is a smallish but not unreasonable sword. So. Math checks out. maxiesatanofficial How would you extract the iron, though? The more practical solution would be to kill a mere hundred men, then mix 1 part blood with 3 parts standard molten iron, imo. Chea

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Text - bemusedlybespectacled Or, you could just make the sword of iron, and then use the blood to temper the blade. squeeful 1.2 to 1.6 kilograms is a perfectly reasonable large sword. Your average longsword was 1.1-1.8 kg and I don't even remember if that's including the weight of the hilt, guard, and pommel or just the blade. Your more classic "knight sword" was a mere 1.1 kilograms on average; the blood of 400 men is more than enough. This is using the comparatively crappy metallurgy of medie

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$Text - Oe optimysticals So putting my thoughts in on this... because how could l not. So you've exsanguinated your 400 guys to get the iron for your sword. Cool. But now you have 400 bodies lying around. Why not put those to good use and cremate them. Use the carbon from those 400 bodies (you won't need all of them) and now you can make a nice mid-high carbon steel sword. Now you have a sword forged with the blood of your enemies AND strengthened with their bones. hedwig-dordt "high fantasy math$