If memory serves me right a Gladius was about 2 1/2 pounds and a Medieval 2 handed sword was about 6 pounds.
Correct, the most common weapon was the Broadsword, for knights at least, but even at 4 or 5 lb's in weight, swinging those things around with enough force to actually do some damage, did not equate to the amount of force required to just hold the weapon upright, but instead multiples of that 4 or 5lb's, repeatedly, doing such took a certain amount of strength and stamina, not to mention accuracy, which requires strength as much as it does dexterity, as an example, take a hatchet, weighs just a couple of pounds and with it you can cut down a tree etc. but it would be ridiculous to suggest that cutting down a tree with a hatchet was possible without also exerting significant force over and above what it took to pick the hatchet up in the first place, and the more force you are able to put into it, the more effective the hatchet becomes, it was the same with swords.
Totally agree
Take something that weighs six pounds and swing it around for 5 minutes straight. It's less about brute strength and more about stamina and coordination.
It's more difficult than one might think.
For the record, I've split a lot of wood
I would say that strength was an absolute requirement, as is stamina and coordination, without strength the tree doesn't get cut down, and the sword does not do any damage, it doesn't matter how accurate you are, if you don't have enough strength to actually do any damage, take boxing for instance, you need stamina, you need coordination, but more importantly, you need strength, without strength behind your blows the attack is meaningless, you might just as well pat the guy on the shoulder, with insufficient strength behind your blows, your opponent can just brush that blow aside and shrug off whatever blows you do manage to land. Much like the example with the hatchet, no matter how accurately you swing the axe at the tree, unless you put your strength into it, the hatchet will likely just bounce off the tree no matter how sharp it is, the more strength you use, the more effective the hatchet becomes. The last time i cut down a tree though, i used a saw
Strength without a doubt is a requirement.
This is something I picked up last Friday on sale for 50% off
It splits wood with brute strength. Now in a 30 minute race, I'll split about double the amount of wood this splitter will. Only problem is after that 30 minutes I'm broken
The daughter of a native friend of mine, weighs in at about 110 lbs and can easily split double the amount of wood I can. Being a professional tree faller certainly helps and she sure looks badass with her 60" bar chainsaw.
I call bull shit on all that. There is no way unless you are a retard are you a retard? That a average non retard and a log splitter can split less wood than a person with just a axe, and wedges. Maybe with that piece of garbage you bought, but with a decent log splitter of 20 tons or more no way. You sure you ever split wood before. The first knot you hit, even if you have massive endurance and strength you cannot split it very fast with a axe and a hammer, or wedges. As for this make believe girl your talking about that weights 110 pounds, unless shes like 3 feet tall, is not going to even be capable of wielding a 60 inch chain saw. A 60 inch chain saw would weight over 30 pounds. Some one that was 5' 5 and wielded a 30 pound chain saw all day, and ate right would weigh way over 110 pounds, just due to the massive amounts of muscle they would build up. A 5 5 women, that just maintains a normal life style and is not fat, would weight 110 pounds, prolly more. Yet your saying this magical women that wields chain saws all day that weight over 30 pounds, can split wood faster than some one with a log spillter, and does this all still weighing 110 pounds. BULL SHIT.
No problem, I'll get a photo of her, might take me a month or two.
This is her father
and this is her Aunt
Her 50 year old aunt (the one in the picture) has a little trick with a tire, She'll split wood so fast it will make your head spin. I'll film her the next time I get a chance. She's here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mellon for the next month.
If memory serves me right a Gladius was about 2 1/2 pounds and a Medieval 2 handed sword was about 6 pounds.
Correct, the most common weapon was the Broadsword, for knights at least, but even at 4 or 5 lb's in weight, swinging those things around with enough force to actually do some damage, did not equate to the amount of force required to just hold the weapon upright, but instead multiples of that 4 or 5lb's, repeatedly, doing such took a certain amount of strength and stamina, not to mention accuracy, which requires strength as much as it does dexterity, as an example, take a hatchet, weighs just a couple of pounds and with it you can cut down a tree etc. but it would be ridiculous to suggest that cutting down a tree with a hatchet was possible without also exerting significant force over and above what it took to pick the hatchet up in the first place, and the more force you are able to put into it, the more effective the hatchet becomes, it was the same with swords.
Totally agree
Take something that weighs six pounds and swing it around for 5 minutes straight. It's less about brute strength and more about stamina and coordination.
It's more difficult than one might think.
For the record, I've split a lot of wood
I would say that strength was an absolute requirement, as is stamina and coordination, without strength the tree doesn't get cut down, and the sword does not do any damage, it doesn't matter how accurate you are, if you don't have enough strength to actually do any damage, take boxing for instance, you need stamina, you need coordination, but more importantly, you need strength, without strength behind your blows the attack is meaningless, you might just as well pat the guy on the shoulder, with insufficient strength behind your blows, your opponent can just brush that blow aside and shrug off whatever blows you do manage to land. Much like the example with the hatchet, no matter how accurately you swing the axe at the tree, unless you put your strength into it, the hatchet will likely just bounce off the tree no matter how sharp it is, the more strength you use, the more effective the hatchet becomes. The last time i cut down a tree though, i used a saw
Strength without a doubt is a requirement.
This is something I picked up last Friday on sale for 50% off
It splits wood with brute strength. Now in a 30 minute race, I'll split about double the amount of wood this splitter will. Only problem is after that 30 minutes I'm broken
The daughter of a native friend of mine, weighs in at about 110 lbs and can easily split double the amount of wood I can. Being a professional tree faller certainly helps and she sure looks badass with her 60" bar chainsaw.
I call bull shit on all that. There is no way unless you are a retard are you a retard? That a average non retard and a log splitter can split less wood than a person with just a axe, and wedges. Maybe with that piece of garbage you bought, but with a decent log splitter of 20 tons or more no way. You sure you ever split wood before. The first knot you hit, even if you have massive endurance and strength you cannot split it very fast with a axe and a hammer, or wedges. As for this make believe girl your talking about that weights 110 pounds, unless shes like 3 feet tall, is not going to even be capable of wielding a 60 inch chain saw. A 60 inch chain saw would weight over 30 pounds. Some one that was 5' 5 and wielded a 30 pound chain saw all day, and ate right would weigh way over 110 pounds, just due to the massive amounts of muscle they would build up. A 5 5 women, that just maintains a normal life style and is not fat, would weight 110 pounds, prolly more. Yet your saying this magical women that wields chain saws all day that weight over 30 pounds, can split wood faster than some one with a log spillter, and does this all still weighing 110 pounds. BULL SHIT.
No problem, I'll get a photo of her, might take me a month or two.
This is her father
and this is her Aunt
Her 50 year old aunt (the one in the picture) has a little trick with a tire, She'll split wood so fast it will make your head spin. I'll film her the next time I get a chance. She's here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mellon for the next month.
As far as logging goes... this is British Columbia
If you want to put a worthwhile wager up, I'll fly you out here and introduce them to you. You can meet her in person.
Nice pictures, but, no cigar, a 60 inch bar chainsaw weighing in at 30lb or more, its stretching believe that a little girl could possibly wield a thing like that without some kind of mechanical aid. O.o
If memory serves me right a Gladius was about 2 1/2 pounds and a Medieval 2 handed sword was about 6 pounds.
Correct, the most common weapon was the Broadsword, for knights at least, but even at 4 or 5 lb's in weight, swinging those things around with enough force to actually do some damage, did not equate to the amount of force required to just hold the weapon upright, but instead multiples of that 4 or 5lb's, repeatedly, doing such took a certain amount of strength and stamina, not to mention accuracy, which requires strength as much as it does dexterity, as an example, take a hatchet, weighs just a couple of pounds and with it you can cut down a tree etc. but it would be ridiculous to suggest that cutting down a tree with a hatchet was possible without also exerting significant force over and above what it took to pick the hatchet up in the first place, and the more force you are able to put into it, the more effective the hatchet becomes, it was the same with swords.
Totally agree
Take something that weighs six pounds and swing it around for 5 minutes straight. It's less about brute strength and more about stamina and coordination.
It's more difficult than one might think.
For the record, I've split a lot of wood
I would say that strength was an absolute requirement, as is stamina and coordination, without strength the tree doesn't get cut down, and the sword does not do any damage, it doesn't matter how accurate you are, if you don't have enough strength to actually do any damage, take boxing for instance, you need stamina, you need coordination, but more importantly, you need strength, without strength behind your blows the attack is meaningless, you might just as well pat the guy on the shoulder, with insufficient strength behind your blows, your opponent can just brush that blow aside and shrug off whatever blows you do manage to land. Much like the example with the hatchet, no matter how accurately you swing the axe at the tree, unless you put your strength into it, the hatchet will likely just bounce off the tree no matter how sharp it is, the more strength you use, the more effective the hatchet becomes. The last time i cut down a tree though, i used a saw
Strength without a doubt is a requirement.
This is something I picked up last Friday on sale for 50% off
It splits wood with brute strength. Now in a 30 minute race, I'll split about double the amount of wood this splitter will. Only problem is after that 30 minutes I'm broken
The daughter of a native friend of mine, weighs in at about 110 lbs and can easily split double the amount of wood I can. Being a professional tree faller certainly helps and she sure looks badass with her 60" bar chainsaw.
I call bull shit on all that. There is no way unless you are a retard are you a retard? That a average non retard and a log splitter can split less wood than a person with just a axe, and wedges. Maybe with that piece of garbage you bought, but with a decent log splitter of 20 tons or more no way. You sure you ever split wood before. The first knot you hit, even if you have massive endurance and strength you cannot split it very fast with a axe and a hammer, or wedges. As for this make believe girl your talking about that weights 110 pounds, unless shes like 3 feet tall, is not going to even be capable of wielding a 60 inch chain saw. A 60 inch chain saw would weight over 30 pounds. Some one that was 5' 5 and wielded a 30 pound chain saw all day, and ate right would weigh way over 110 pounds, just due to the massive amounts of muscle they would build up. A 5 5 women, that just maintains a normal life style and is not fat, would weight 110 pounds, prolly more. Yet your saying this magical women that wields chain saws all day that weight over 30 pounds, can split wood faster than some one with a log spillter, and does this all still weighing 110 pounds. BULL SHIT.
No problem, I'll get a photo of her, might take me a month or two.
This is her father
and this is her Aunt
Her 50 year old aunt (the one in the picture) has a little trick with a tire, She'll split wood so fast it will make your head spin. I'll film her the next time I get a chance. She's here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mellon for the next month.
As far as logging goes... this is British Columbia
If you want to put a worthwhile wager up, I'll fly you out here and introduce them to you. You can meet her in person.
Nice pictures, but, no cigar, a 60 inch bar chainsaw weighing in at 30lb or more, its stretching believe that a little girl could possibly wield a thing like that without some kind of mechanical aid. O.o
110lbs-120lbs I don't know
She's about 5' tall, she's slim and she's a tree faller. The trees are pretty big here and the terrain is pretty rugged.
When you see how these people live, they're tough. I tried picking wild mushrooms with them last fall and I nearly died from exhaustion. Watching them set up their salmon nets in the Fraser Canyon is pretty cool.
If memory serves me right a Gladius was about 2 1/2 pounds and a Medieval 2 handed sword was about 6 pounds.
Correct, the most common weapon was the Broadsword, for knights at least, but even at 4 or 5 lb's in weight, swinging those things around with enough force to actually do some damage, did not equate to the amount of force required to just hold the weapon upright, but instead multiples of that 4 or 5lb's, repeatedly, doing such took a certain amount of strength and stamina, not to mention accuracy, which requires strength as much as it does dexterity, as an example, take a hatchet, weighs just a couple of pounds and with it you can cut down a tree etc. but it would be ridiculous to suggest that cutting down a tree with a hatchet was possible without also exerting significant force over and above what it took to pick the hatchet up in the first place, and the more force you are able to put into it, the more effective the hatchet becomes, it was the same with swords.
Totally agree
Take something that weighs six pounds and swing it around for 5 minutes straight. It's less about brute strength and more about stamina and coordination.
It's more difficult than one might think.
For the record, I've split a lot of wood
I would say that strength was an absolute requirement, as is stamina and coordination, without strength the tree doesn't get cut down, and the sword does not do any damage, it doesn't matter how accurate you are, if you don't have enough strength to actually do any damage, take boxing for instance, you need stamina, you need coordination, but more importantly, you need strength, without strength behind your blows the attack is meaningless, you might just as well pat the guy on the shoulder, with insufficient strength behind your blows, your opponent can just brush that blow aside and shrug off whatever blows you do manage to land. Much like the example with the hatchet, no matter how accurately you swing the axe at the tree, unless you put your strength into it, the hatchet will likely just bounce off the tree no matter how sharp it is, the more strength you use, the more effective the hatchet becomes. The last time i cut down a tree though, i used a saw
Strength without a doubt is a requirement.
This is something I picked up last Friday on sale for 50% off
It splits wood with brute strength. Now in a 30 minute race, I'll split about double the amount of wood this splitter will. Only problem is after that 30 minutes I'm broken
The daughter of a native friend of mine, weighs in at about 110 lbs and can easily split double the amount of wood I can. Being a professional tree faller certainly helps and she sure looks badass with her 60" bar chainsaw.
I call bull shit on all that. There is no way unless you are a retard are you a retard? That a average non retard and a log splitter can split less wood than a person with just a axe, and wedges. Maybe with that piece of garbage you bought, but with a decent log splitter of 20 tons or more no way. You sure you ever split wood before. The first knot you hit, even if you have massive endurance and strength you cannot split it very fast with a axe and a hammer, or wedges. As for this make believe girl your talking about that weights 110 pounds, unless shes like 3 feet tall, is not going to even be capable of wielding a 60 inch chain saw. A 60 inch chain saw would weight over 30 pounds. Some one that was 5' 5 and wielded a 30 pound chain saw all day, and ate right would weigh way over 110 pounds, just due to the massive amounts of muscle they would build up. A 5 5 women, that just maintains a normal life style and is not fat, would weight 110 pounds, prolly more. Yet your saying this magical women that wields chain saws all day that weight over 30 pounds, can split wood faster than some one with a log spillter, and does this all still weighing 110 pounds. BULL SHIT.
No problem, I'll get a photo of her, might take me a month or two.
This is her father
and this is her Aunt
Her 50 year old aunt (the one in the picture) has a little trick with a tire, She'll split wood so fast it will make your head spin. I'll film her the next time I get a chance. She's here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mellon for the next month.
As far as logging goes... this is British Columbia
If you want to put a worthwhile wager up, I'll fly you out here and introduce them to you. You can meet her in person.
Nice pictures, but, no cigar, a 60 inch bar chainsaw weighing in at 30lb or more, its stretching believe that a little girl could possibly wield a thing like that without some kind of mechanical aid. O.o
Dude, it's only 30 pounds, a case of Mountain Dew is 18 pounds, and I watch 110 pound mothers carry 30 pound babies all the time, some of them even carry 30 year old babies.. but that is another issue.. anyway.. ... and it's a chainsaw, they are not that hard to handle, set it up.. and cut.. it's not like they are saying she is swinging a 30 pound maul.. or something.
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This is her father
and this is her Aunt
Her 50 year old aunt (the one in the picture) has a little trick with a tire, She'll split wood so fast it will make your head spin. I'll film her the next time I get a chance. She's here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mellon for the next month.
This is where they live. http://www.bostonbarbc.net/
As far as logging goes... this is British Columbia
If you want to put a worthwhile wager up, I'll fly you out here and introduce them to you. You can meet her in person.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Nice pictures, but, no cigar, a 60 inch bar chainsaw weighing in at 30lb or more, its stretching believe that a little girl could possibly wield a thing like that without some kind of mechanical aid. O.o
110lbs-120lbs I don't know
She's about 5' tall, she's slim and she's a tree faller. The trees are pretty big here and the terrain is pretty rugged.
When you see how these people live, they're tough. I tried picking wild mushrooms with them last fall and I nearly died from exhaustion. Watching them set up their salmon nets in the Fraser Canyon is pretty cool.
They amaze me.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Dude, it's only 30 pounds, a case of Mountain Dew is 18 pounds, and I watch 110 pound mothers carry 30 pound babies all the time, some of them even carry 30 year old babies.. but that is another issue.. anyway.. ... and it's a chainsaw, they are not that hard to handle, set it up.. and cut.. it's not like they are saying she is swinging a 30 pound maul.. or something.