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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron2" data-source="post: 944704" data-attributes="member: 1436">ExperimentOk, I just did an test in my backyard. I'm standing about four feet from a post. First I used a longsword* (what D&D calls a bastard sword). I could hit the post with force about two times a second. Next, I used an arming sword (a D&D longsword); I could only make about one forceful strike per second. Finally, I used a dagger (actually a six inch stick). With this I could strike slightly slower than 1 hit per second. When using the bastard sword, I could strike opposite sides of the post just by moving my hands about 8". With the longsword, I had to move my entire forearm up about two feet back and forth. Finally, with the dagger, I had to move my entire arm and shoulder almost all three feet. To hit faster with the dagger, I had to step within arms length of the post (for me, about 2 1/2 feet).  This close in, I could stab about 5 to 6 times a second but not with much force.Take that as you wish.Aaron *Not an actual sword, but a waster...<a href="http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/index.htm</a>Every gamer should buy a couple of these and run around their backyards smacking things.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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