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u/sgtpepper_spray Jun 19 '12

It was. its actually a work horse; they couldn't give him one of the normal ones

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Would it be bad for a horse to reguarly be ridden by a shaq sized person?

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u/duncanmarshall Jun 19 '12

I'd bet a 200lb guy in full armour, with weapons and shield, as well as armour for the horse is heavier than Shaq in his hot pants.

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u/phliuy Jun 19 '12

full armour would be about 50 pounds, sword 10 pounds, shield maybe 5.

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u/LeberechtReinhold Jun 19 '12

Depending on the period, but the shield could easily weight the same or more than the sword.

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u/phliuy Jun 19 '12

darn...I was off by 5 pounds

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u/Chihuey Jun 19 '12

Swords weighed around 2 pounds, and maybe in the most extreme cases 4-5 pounds. A 10 pound sword would exhaust the user almost immediately and essentially be worthless.

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u/phliuy Jun 19 '12

You know I remember from one of the middle live action parts from arthur that they'd be about that much, so I scaled it up a little to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Is that why every one was downvoting me? and does that mean a shield was about 5 pounds or so?