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Excalibur

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Excalibur

The legendary sword of King Arthur/Pop Culture

Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur in Arthurian legend. While its dimensions are never precisely stated in medieval texts, historical medieval longswords of the type Excalibur is usually depicted as measure roughly 1.1 m in total length with a blade of about 0.9 m. A high-quality medieval arming sword or longsword typically weighed between 1.1 and 1.8 kg. Excalibur is usually portrayed as a finely crafted hand-and-a-half sword with a cruciform hilt and a jeweled pommel.

Measurements

Total length1.1 m
7.2 tenthsDolly Partons
1.83Dachshunds
5.4 tenthsDoorway heights

Based on historical longsword proportions

Blade length9 tenths m
3.6Wrench lengths
81.8Shirt buttons
2.5 tenthsGazebo diameters

Double-edged blade

Grip length2 tenths m
1.3 hundredthsSubway cars
333 millionAspirin molecules
9.1 thousandthsSemi truck lengths

Hand-and-a-half hilt

Blade width5 hundredths m
943 millionBohr radii
3.3 hundredthsDolly Partons

At the base near the crossguard

Mass1.5 kg
36.2 millionthsBoeing 737s
714 millionthsSUVs
5 billionthsSupertanker loads

Typical for a quality medieval longsword

Crossguard width2.2 tenths m
62.9 millionthsMonaco lengths
8.8Postage stamp widths
6.88SD card lengths

Cruciform guard

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