Low.

I don’t know what the principle is, but the data shows this.

"Crescent hand guard, the length of the crescent doesn't seem to have much to do with blocking. On the contrary, if the crescent is too tight to clamp the hand, it will be too loose and there will be gaps. I discussed with the craftsman that the crescent can be changed to have the upper crescent retracted and locked into a ring.

In this way, you are not afraid of the enemy's sword coming close to you."

"As for the handle, as expected, different swords have many straight thrusts. Even if there are picks and slashes, the hilt does not turn much, while the hook sword mainly picks and swings, and there are very few straight thrusts. Therefore, the hook sword,

A fusiform hilt that is thick in the middle and thin at both ends is better for turning, than a flat hilt.

This is also seen from testing.”

In actual combat, the difference between the two sword hilts may be too small to make any difference, but with enough data, even the smallest differences will be highlighted accurately.

Among thousands of data, the hook sword with a fusiform handle has a success rate of blocking and hooking that is one-fiftieth higher than that of a sword with a flat handle.

One-fiftieth, unless it is an error, the difference really exists.

Moreover, as expected, the fusiform hilt is easy to turn and is more flexible than the flat hilt.

The final form of the hook sword was determined.

[Hook sword, a three-foot-long eight-fold single sword is better.

Its shape is like a tiger's mouth half-opened, ready to swallow but not yet locked, and its hook blade is round rather than square. The blade is three and a half inches wide and five inches long. The hook blade is inclined 30 degrees inwards, and the hook edge is blocked by three inches.

One, leave two-thirds empty, and within the hook blade, you can add a barb or a toothed blade.

The hook sword has a crescent-shaped guard, the upper teeth are inclined behind the blade and the blade is formed into a ring-shaped guard, and the lower teeth are as normal.

The handle is one palm long, flat and spindle-shaped, sharply turned, and used for hooking and swinging the sword.]

After several days of work, a lot of manpower, and thousands of kilograms of iron, the optimal shape of the hook sword was finally determined.

Li Mengxi, who didn't know how to build a hook sword at first, found the optimal solution to the data of several key structures of the hook sword after extensive testing. The combination of these optimizations seems to be the best overall structure.

Before starting to formally forge the hook sword, Li Mengxi thought of a problem. It seemed that hook swords usually come in a pair, and are used with both hooks. A sword with the shape of a hook sword, even if it has a tip, is simply not as good as an ordinary sword.

As a sword weapon, the hook sword is not as fast as an ordinary sword weapon in assassination, nor is it lighter than an ordinary sword weapon. Although the hook sword can be hooked and hung, according to many days of testing, after the hook sword hooks the enemy's weapon, the enemy

Although the weapon was temporarily restrained, the hook sword also had no power to counterattack, and ordinary sword weapons retaliated quickly. This meant that when fighting with a single hook and a single sword, the hook had no advantage at all.

It can't even be defeated with a single sword, and a single hook is worse than useless, not even garbage. Therefore, a single hook is useless at all. Only when paired with double hooks, if you swing a hook, you will definitely block the hook.

Hang the enemy's sword and attack with the other hook. A single hook is useless, but the two hooks together are a magic weapon to restrain the sword.

Taking this into consideration, Li Mengxi prepared to build a pair of double hooks, but there was a problem that had to be solved. As a substitute for the accompanying sword, the hook sword was used to replace the accompanying sword. The accompanying sword should not be too cumbersome or too heavy, which made

, if double hooks are made, the combined weight of the double hooks cannot be much heavier than a three-foot sword.

The problem lies here. For the sake of practicality, the hook sword is longer than the ordinary sword. Coupled with the complex structure of the hook sword, it is not easy for a single hook to be lighter than a single sword. If practicality is considered, double hooks have practical value. Double hooks add more weight.

It is also lighter than a single sword, which is extremely difficult.

To ensure practicality, the hook sword must be longer than an ordinary sword. To ensure that it is light and not burdensome, the hook sword must be light, long and light. To meet the requirements, the hook sword can only be made thinner.

It doesn't matter if the sword is thinner, it just requires higher strength. Nowadays, there are many powerful technologies such as steel wrapping and steel clamping, oil quenching and urine quenching, and soil-covered burning blades. Coupled with fine workmanship, it is not difficult to increase the strength. .

Li Mengxi took the drawings to the blacksmith camp. He found the best knife forging craftsmen in the army and explained the forging requirements to the craftsmen.

When everyone heard this, they realized that it had to be longer than the sword, and the two swords combined had to be lighter than the sword. Looking at the hook sword's complicated curves, in order to meet the requirements, the sword would have to be as thin as a finger.

The craftsmen cautiously expressed their concerns. They were afraid that they would be unable to use the swords that were as thick as their fingers.

"Well, that's exactly what I thought." Li Mengxi nodded, "So, I'm going to discuss with you how to increase the strength of the sword.

I have thought of several methods, one of which is to use steel wrapping, using soft steel on the inside and hard steel on the outside. The inside and outside are both hard and soft, so it is not easy to break.

Second, imitating the ridge of the sword, the sword has a thick edge. This is a method to reduce weight and strengthen the sword body. You can imitate this method and engrav the ridge on the sword body to increase the strength without adding much weight. .

Thirdly, I know that the dome shape is the most solid, so it is best for the sword body to be completely cylindrical. But in this case, the sword body is round and has no sharp edge. Combined with the former, the sword body should be concavely carved with a ridge, so as not to damage the sword body. On it, three ridges are carved, then the ridges are deepened, and the ridges are sharpened to make the blade.

In this way, the sword body is covered with blades."

Li Mengxi's method is to make the hook sword's sword shape like a triangular pyramid, so that the sword body can maintain a cylindrical shape and at the same time, all sides can be sharpened.

Moreover, a characteristic of a cylinder is that when its cross-sectional area is the same, it is the longest.

In other words, the same weight, if made into a cylinder, will be longer.

The hook sword has just the right length to match the cylindrical shape. The cylindrical or spherical shape has the greatest strength, which solves the problem of the sword being too slender and lacking in strength.
Chapter completed!