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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8270579" data-attributes="member: 6796468">This is an Anvil<img src="https://images3.plumbersstock.com/750/750/alternative/95340-vCpnfB.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This particular anvil has a 12 inch face (the shiny surface), and an 8 and a half inch Horn (The protrusion on the right side).This anvil weighs 275lbs.If you were to make a "Greatsword" out of it with a thickness of about 1 inch in the center and a 30 degree slope reaching to the edges, that greatsword would be about 30 feet long, from tang to tip. If you held it out perfectly flat at arm's length (Assuming you had that kind of superhuman upper body strength) the tip would be on the ground because the length of it would make it bend under it's own weight.A 600lbs sword that is only 10ft long is not a sword.It is a steel girder.This is the "Real World" Buster Sword.[MEDIA=youtube]VNc7kHADtUw[/MEDIA]Look at the size of that SLAB. Also the sword is pretty nice.See that wall of meat with sunglasses "Swinging" the sword? He's mostly just lifting it upright and trying to guide the way it falls. And he's huffing and puffing like no one's business! By the end of the -short- video he's red from the waist up for the effort.That thing weighs 54lbs. Less than 1/10th of the weight you're looking at for this magic item. Granted, it's only about half as long. So double it. It's still less than 1/5th the weight you're looking for. So increase it's thickness or it's profile by 5 times.At that point you're not swinging a sword. You're swinging a paddle.Which is to say: I couldn't hope to balance it. I couldn't hold it up if you lowered it into my arms from a crane. Much -less- balance it.</blockquote>

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