Alan Sisto
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So
A 45-inch long arrow, we're talking almost four-foot long arrow fired by a bow of hollow steel.
Is this one of those rare times when Tolkien's imagination has gone a little bit too far, or is this within the range of physical possibility?
Talk to us about bows, arrows, draw weight, all that good stuff.
That makes sense.
Oh, okay.
Okay.
And how long would those have been just as the comparison with the sword that a Sildur had kept, which if it's a foot and a half long, you're looking at what, maybe 50 centimeters.
Okay.
That's still wielded as a, as a one handed sword.
It's not, we're not talking about a, yeah.
I mean, yeah.
Leverage is a thing.
And now I'm thinking of all my D&D sessions where it was a paladin.
I'm like, all right, how am I going to wield this thing?
Sword and board.
All right.
No, no.
You'd have to be very, very, very strong.
And yes, I mean, the further out that blade gets, the more difficult it is to keep it in position.