Sword Wielding Woman goes on Rampage in Milton

[thebitterguy]

This is why I couldn't buy fuel for Supercar last night.

Man, first the lycanthropes, now THIS! It's getting that we're almost as dangerous as Hamilton!

Comments

[robin-d-laws.livejournal.com]

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's exactly the same quote I had copied from the article to put in the comments here! You beat me two it! p0wned!

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed. A million swords hanging on a million walls, and she just happens to find the only one that's actually sharp enough to cut people. o.O

(Ok, probably not the only one, but most of the swords I see for sale around town are 'display' swords - stainless steel or chromed, and pointy-tipped, but blunt edged..

[thebitterguy]

Probably doesn't need to be sharp to bang someone's head up with a good swing. Or break a gas bar window.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

True, but the article also mentioned "An off-duty firefighter who was pumping gas was cut on the arm when he tried to intervene" - and I'd assume he was wearing a coat, given how cold it's been, so he was cut through clothing.

Of course, that doesn't explicitly say he was cut by the sword..

At any rate, glad nobody was killed: weird.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Any sword has one good killing swing in it - it's what happens to the sword after that swing that gets interesting. Some of the "display" swords will bend or even shatter. Even a good-quality blade will get messed up if it hits anything hard (like another blade - movie-style sword fights just did not happen because the blades would be notched all to crap).

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Well, there are actually a number of interesting asides and even plot points in some old period sagas about combatants' swords getting notched past usefulness during a fight, so edge on edge apparently did happen but was discouraged since you don't want to ruin your foe-sticker.

One viking saga (wish I could remember which) involved the protagonist notching a sword that he borrowed from a friend during a fight and having to go through all sorts of shenanigans to get it fixed since he is honor bound to do so.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I probably shouldn't have said "just didn't happen", but certainly that wasn't the preferred method of combat.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

Canada is for lovers...

[thebitterguy]

And, apparently, frustrated samurai.

Sigh...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Any guesses as to how long before there's a public outcry to ban swords?

Re: Sigh...

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Oh, probably sometime in the 1940s...