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Goobs,

Depending on the sword, it's probably more likely to break than bend. Even the weapons used for modern fencing would be more likely to break. If you want a bent sword, I would suggest using some sort of magical reason for the sword bending if it's for fantasy.

I'm thinking it would take a great deal of heat to bend a sword and it would take heat to fix it. I don't think most blacksmiths would take the time, because bending the blade like that may compromise the integrity of it and make it weaker. Now, they might make it a shorter sword if the bend were at the tip. Depending on how the sword is made, they may keep the hilt and attach a new blade. That's not the best thing to do for a fighting sword unless you're certain to get the tong into the hilt.

I'm not an expert, but I'd like to think I know a little something about swords. Having been a fencer and all. Since memory is a fragile thing, don't be surprised if you find out I'm wrong.

The boat thing I would have to do research for. Wikipedia may be a good place to start. Sometimes they have links to websites that can take you further. Off the top of my head, I would suggest trying to find websites for maritime museums. They may have some links too or offer descriptions of boats. I just read a book where the author used a famous boat and she just researched that particular boat for the story. It may help if you did something like that. Just a pick a famous boat from the time you want and do some research on it. You wouldn't have to call it by it's name, but you could still use it as a point of reference. If you could get your hand on some documentaries about famous boats that may help too. There are a ton of documentaries about the Titanic that go into great detail about what it looked like.

Hope that helps. If I come across anything boat or sword wise that I think may help you, I'll let you know.

Seph


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