Fuligin?

Jeffery Wilson clueland.com · 17 Jul 2014, 03:09 · from 2014-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeffery Wilson clueland.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:09:43 -0500
Subject: (urth) Fuligin?
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On 7/16/2014 6:39 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> It's probably impractical. On the other hand, its "gimcrackery"
> emphasizes the theatrical nature of the the role of executioner. It
> might even be intended as much to frighten thieves and the gullible (as
> it did once) as to aid in the swing.
>
> Besides, when you first lift the sword from the horizontal, the mercury
> would rush toward the hilt, bringing its center of gravity closer to the
> body. I think the real benefit may be simply to make lifting it easier.
> It could also assist in accuracy on the downswing, a notorious problem
> for executioners.

This can work, and it will also help the horizontal stroke with a wide 
swing against the greater movement arm with the liquid at the tip. But I 
don't see how it could be less than difficult to do the double 
thigh-breaker at Saltus.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com >
A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab
< http://www.tamut.edu/cil >

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