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Skallagrim pointed out that it would be "impossible" to unsheathe a curved sword from a back sheath since the blade is attached sideways. That could be fixed with a special sheath that normally is sideways and attached to that position with magnets. When you yank the handle to a side, those magnets detach
an the sheathe turns 90 degrees. This allows you to pull the curved sword out directly forwards in an arc.
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If the curve of the sword is correctly an arc, part of a
circle, then the sheath could have a section shaped like a
pie-slice of that circle. the pointy end of the pie-slice is
attached, allowing the sheath to rotate. Now arrange
things such that when the sword is sheathed, a spring is
compressed. A latch holds the sword in place. |
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To unsheathe, hold the hilt and flip the latch --the
uncompressing spring pushes the rotating sheath all the way
off the sword. |
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I like this for the engineer / designer version of Project Runway, featuring turbaned and oiled Sinbadeque models suggestively unsheathing their back-sheathed curved swords to driving house music. Then they would duel each other up and down the runway. |
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Maybe this is already a show. If not, [calum] go ahead and describe the rest of it, please. |
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link to former discussion? |
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