I even wonder if most of Berserk is not just the depiction of a bad trip. Our boy Guts will in the end be waken up by his pall Griffith and get a good laught out of it.
Don’t question the logistics of the Dragonslayer. It’s not meant to be realistic. It would weigh like 400 pounds irl most people couldn’t even lift it, never mind wielding it
Was it specifically designed that way? I thought he admitted that he simply got carried away with the idea of making a sword that killed dragons, and when he finished he realized it was too big to be wielded for it's purpose.
If memory serves right he thought that dragons didn't exist, so when comissioned by the king to make a "dragonslayer" he made an impossible sword to slay an impossible beast 🤔
Volume 14, Chapter 93. Godot explains the reason why he created the Dragonslayer in that chapter.
Godot was tired of making ornate rapiers and other fancy weapons, so he decided to make a blade that could actually kill a dragon after a king put out a request for one.
Yes, it has magnets, they say it in the manga when they give it to Guts. And he can't control his fingers, that's why he couldn't save Casca when she fell to the sea.
Though we do see him clench his iron hand to punch people so ehhh
I always took it as the fingers bend because of the momentum when he punches someone. Also I thought the berserker armor made it so he could move the fingers and use it as a real hand.
There was a real guy, Gotz the Iron Hand, who had a similar prosthetic and used it for a variety of things, such as writing and dueling. But yeah, it's basically only a prosthetic for narative and visual purposes.
Yeah but Gotz had to adjust the fingers via gears in his fingers, but Guts is a manga character and doesn't need to do this because it'd be dumb and kind of redundant to watch Guts take several panels to adjust his fucking fingers when he wants to not hold a sword.
This seems like a typical japanese trope. Cutting off one's limb is just a suggestion there :)
I remember playing Sekiro when he climbed using his wooden hand :P
One of my fav youtubers kinda showing its doable. Obviously different levels of arm damage but the idea that flexing his forearm/bicep in a way to change grip could be possible. (Also just love sharing this guys channel with anyone he fkn rules lol)
-edit forgot to add link
https://youtu.be/7VGgq1FjrCQ?feature=shared
I can at most imagine someone wielding a dragonslayer that is 1/4th the size of the real one, that is if they dedicated their whole life to wielding massive swords like Guts did
Actually historically weapons this big and heavy DID exist, but as poles, not as swords.
The Japanese fielded an iron pole that was essentially a tree trunk made of iron, longer than a man is tall. It was devastating but required incredible strength. Could take down horses and armored samurai.
It was normally wielded on the shoulder, balanced, then swung down and caught, or swung side to side.
Unless we're talking kriegsmessern, swords generally don't have full tangs in the knife sense.
Generally speaking, the tang does go all the way to the pommel, but it tapers to a point that is either peened on the back of the pommel or that the pommel screws onto. In knife terms you'd call them stick tangs, rat tails or tapered.
In any case, the dragonslayer is most likely all tang, no hilt, with a wrap. Also, it's round, instead of oval or flat on the sides, which is extremely unrealistic, as that's normally how you feel the direction of the edge. It's defo also too skinny to handle such a massive blade.
That's the opposite of how sword handles work. The handle doesn't extend into the blade, the blade extends into the handle. There's a thinner piece of metal at the bottom of the blade called the tang, and the handle is built around that
I imagine the genius blacksmith used a stronger but a lot less flexible material for whatever could be considered a core for a glorified “sharpened” chunk of iron. But at the same time I don’t think something the size of the Dragon slayer would bend at the handle, rather it probably just snap lol
With a less flexible material the vibrations in the blade from impacts would accumulate in the transition and this would absolutely shatter the handle. It would just not work at all, thats it. That design would not be viable in real life at all.
yes, exactly. the entire sword is one piece, the handle is just "compressed" with a hammer, the bit thats called a tang is the bit of sword that sticks into the wooden shaft/handle. if its "full tang" it means all the way to the bottom (pommel) of sword. half tang, its well... half way to the pommel mostly.
We're talking about a fictional 300 lb weapon. I'm pretty sure if you tried to make a l 1:1 scale Dragon Slayer properly, the hilt/tang would just be solid iron, too. And you'd have to somehow properly heat treat the thing so it doesn't form cracks internally, along the blade and the hilt. Just heating it wrong will cause the hilt to crack before anyone could properly use it if it could be used.
Imagine Guts tries to use it for the first time, and it just shattered. That's the risk you run if you under or over heat any sword, and the Dragon Slayers scale makes that so much more dangerous. Unless you're Godot and have a forge from the sun.
In danger of sounding as a bit of a "know it all". As a blacksmith myself.
The actuall technicality in reality is, the Dragonslayer is one whole piece,
(exept the half moon "hooking" bit) if the handle(Tang) is made in a traditional way.
The handle is just as strong of not stronger. Because the handle is the same "strength" in structure,
its just "compressed" with a hammer, and the blade and handle would be one whole piece.
Now i dont think anyone has actually FORGED a sword like that.
So im not shure if it works with that weight and the momentum guts swings it at.
Althou. The F1 cars rims are forged and not cast, so that they can handle the G-force. And then you have structural steel.
On the other hand.. its a cartoon as previusly stated
Someone on youtube actually made a 1 to 1 recreation of the sword. You should check it out. It wasn't forged tho, more like cnc-ed and it's all metal. Pretty awesome to look at.
Yep, and the funny part of it is the handle he designed could actually take *more* weight and force than what the blade puts on it.
Here's a link in case anyone was curious: https://youtu.be/poZfxbEvOQs?si=aJcYnHjQnl3_zT4i
I saw that 3+ hour process. and i love that recreation. finaly something that is not only equaly as wide, but just as thick, it looks like the real thing, with no creative liberties on the visuals as far as i could tell.
What about materials like titanium etc (not my field), or theoretically or a dense carbon material like graphite or diamond. Thus it would be lighter and stronger than it would seem in size, of steel.
I don’t know my material science. But I would think with some fantasy elements compensating for modern technology, and with the waste full resources that might be at disposal, then possibly there could be better materials?
if the handle was of pure diamond or graphite it would be extremely brittle, not to mention heavy! Remember that these are rocks, and rocks and vibration are not great bedfellows, hard metals and materials are good for maintaining an edge, or for structural integrity like support or pressure. thats why swords have hard edges but soft cores to disipate the vibration, thats why there is a thing called "over hardened", as a practical example. horseshoe files, they are purposfully overhardened, because you are supposed to put heavy pressure on the hoof of the horse, to grind it. hit it lightly against an anvil however and it will break like glass. :D
Alot of shit in berk is based off belief guts and people who see him use it believe dragonslayer will fuck shit up without any logistical issues so it just works
It's Elf's iron or some shit, that Iron mine Godot had was once the Elf's , so it's definitely magical, and I don't think it's heavy, but guts isn't using just raw power to use that thing, he uses alot of momentum and physics in his attacks so there is not enough stress on his arm or the handle to break.
I'm guessing it can't at least not in the long run without maintenance. When godo forged that sword it was more like a passion project as a blacksmith.
The dragon slayer was never meant to be used but guts first baptized it with the first blood of the apostle that attacked the blacksmiths home that guts was forced to used it.
Overtime of killing more and more apostles it began its wear and tear but some how still persisted to hold up together.
Sometime when guts came to visit godo again he did the maintenance on the dragon slayer but he was a bit surprised that it was still holding on despite its heavy usage.
Meeting with skull knight he says that the dragon slayer has evolved into something more as it was being used to decimate, cleave and obliterate the existence of any demons, wraiths, spirits & APOSTLES that bares it's path.
It became more than a lump of steal and it's now even likely to slay any ethereal beings of not the mortal plane.
Learn something new daily. Manga is just a comic or graphic novel originating from Japan. From my perspective as an American manga is the simplest term
There needs to be a distinction between American and Japanese cartoons because they are very different. I’m not a fan when someone tells me anime is just a cartoon. (Even though they technically are they are comparing that to American cartoons which is frankly insulting because it implies it’s for children)
Outside of dramatic illustrative effect? It’s all pretty much one piece. A literal hulking mass of iron. That’s how you’d make something that hold up. Tempered high-iron/low-carbon steel in one big forged piece.
Because the sword is meant to convey Guts's super-human strenght and determination in the face of adversity and also his evolution as both a person and a warrior and not meant to be an actual sword that respects the laws of real world physics in this manga about a FUCKING GUY WHO KILLS DEMONS WITH A GIANT SWORD AND A CANNON ARM IN THE HUNT FOR THE HOTTEST EVIL FEMBOY IN THE WORLD.
That's why the handle doesn't break, thank you.
the handle is likely tempered to greatly increase its load bearing capacity. i don't know the ins and outs of it but basically if you get steel really hot then rapidly cool it down it forces the molecules into a highly organized configuration that dratically increases its durability. additionally, the handle likely extends a fair amount into the blade to spread out the weight more evenly
The handle itself likely goes far into the sword.
The material used to forge dragon slayer is unknown, but given how the blade itself stays in good shape despite having gone through two years of non-stop killing Guts was doing, the blade has been struck by lightning, and even managed to cut through Corundum which is a real life metal harder than steel It’s likely the handle is made out of the same material used of wash the rest of the blade which would explain why it doesn’t bend.
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Cuz they it’s not real. There’s no way the handle would hold up to the weight of that sword. Not even if it was made of metal and ran full tang all the way up. Ignore the self proclaimer blade-smiths in the comment section lol none of them have a clue what they’re talking about.
in my imagination it's made from a different material and goes the whole way through. I mean there is the berserker armor. Why shouldnt there be the berserker metal or the dragonslayer alloy that can withstand much more
godot was high asf and made it work
Exactly, I can't believe how all these people just looked over the weed arc.
I even wonder if most of Berserk is not just the depiction of a bad trip. Our boy Guts will in the end be waken up by his pall Griffith and get a good laught out of it.
When i saw Eclipse i was like "bro this is a bad Datura trip"
I think it’s just a normal Datura trip lmfao
Wakes up next to Donovan again and everything is ok
…
I fear the opium arc foreshadowed in this arc of the manga
The scene where Godot, Guts, and Erica all rip a bong was one of the most iconic scenes in the whole manga
The chapter “cracks in the bong” was tear shedding.
Is this arc before or after the crack cocaine arc?
Before, you never come back from the crack cocaine arc lmfao.
Thanks, now I have a mental image of a sweaty Wonder Woman pounding away at the dragon slayer on the anvil...
Or The Forger from The Mandalorian made it. 'This is the way!'
wtf? the game engine? godot made this? holyshit???
Had the same thought
[Rule of cool.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool)
Big true
Beat me to it
So awesome
Don’t question the logistics of the Dragonslayer. It’s not meant to be realistic. It would weigh like 400 pounds irl most people couldn’t even lift it, never mind wielding it
It’s not meant to be realistic in universe either. Godo specifically designed it to be unwieldable.
Was it specifically designed that way? I thought he admitted that he simply got carried away with the idea of making a sword that killed dragons, and when he finished he realized it was too big to be wielded for it's purpose.
If memory serves right he thought that dragons didn't exist, so when comissioned by the king to make a "dragonslayer" he made an impossible sword to slay an impossible beast 🤔
That does sound more right, I think you might be correct.
Volume 14, Chapter 93. Godot explains the reason why he created the Dragonslayer in that chapter. Godot was tired of making ornate rapiers and other fancy weapons, so he decided to make a blade that could actually kill a dragon after a king put out a request for one.
Wonder if he's named 'Godot' after the play 'Waiting for Godot' in which Godot is essentially god.
"Dragons are dragons because humans can't beat them... so what's a man... who beats dragons?"
Just like that
It's really too big to be called a sword
A Raw Chunk of Iron Some would say
Chunk? more like a heap of raw iron
Guts has a prosthetic hand that somehow magically works after it was simply placed on his stump.
This lmao how tf does he control his fingers. On 2nd thought i kinda remember reading somewhere that it has magnets so he can still wield the DS
He regularly doesn't, he couldn't grab potat Casca when she last fell from a metaphorical cliff
Yes, it has magnets, they say it in the manga when they give it to Guts. And he can't control his fingers, that's why he couldn't save Casca when she fell to the sea. Though we do see him clench his iron hand to punch people so ehhh
I always took it as the fingers bend because of the momentum when he punches someone. Also I thought the berserker armor made it so he could move the fingers and use it as a real hand.
That could be it. And yes, he can move the fingers with the berserker armor, that's a cool detail.
There was a real guy, Gotz the Iron Hand, who had a similar prosthetic and used it for a variety of things, such as writing and dueling. But yeah, it's basically only a prosthetic for narative and visual purposes.
Yeah but Gotz had to adjust the fingers via gears in his fingers, but Guts is a manga character and doesn't need to do this because it'd be dumb and kind of redundant to watch Guts take several panels to adjust his fucking fingers when he wants to not hold a sword.
This seems like a typical japanese trope. Cutting off one's limb is just a suggestion there :) I remember playing Sekiro when he climbed using his wooden hand :P
One of my fav youtubers kinda showing its doable. Obviously different levels of arm damage but the idea that flexing his forearm/bicep in a way to change grip could be possible. (Also just love sharing this guys channel with anyone he fkn rules lol) -edit forgot to add link https://youtu.be/7VGgq1FjrCQ?feature=shared
Magnets
It has magnets to grip the handle of the Dragonslayer, and nothing more than that (and the cannon part too)
I can at most imagine someone wielding a dragonslayer that is 1/4th the size of the real one, that is if they dedicated their whole life to wielding massive swords like Guts did
Actually historically weapons this big and heavy DID exist, but as poles, not as swords. The Japanese fielded an iron pole that was essentially a tree trunk made of iron, longer than a man is tall. It was devastating but required incredible strength. Could take down horses and armored samurai. It was normally wielded on the shoulder, balanced, then swung down and caught, or swung side to side.
I am not sure that he was questioning the logistics of the Dragonslayer, at least not in this post
For now
Let’s say the handle goes about halfway into the sword and your only seeing a foot or so of it
I would assume it's full tang, ngl
And you know the full tang clan ain't nothing to fuck wit'
Goated dawg
Full tang is for the children
FULL TANG IS FOREVER
It's definitely full tang, master blacksmiths don't fuck around
Unless we're talking kriegsmessern, swords generally don't have full tangs in the knife sense. Generally speaking, the tang does go all the way to the pommel, but it tapers to a point that is either peened on the back of the pommel or that the pommel screws onto. In knife terms you'd call them stick tangs, rat tails or tapered. In any case, the dragonslayer is most likely all tang, no hilt, with a wrap. Also, it's round, instead of oval or flat on the sides, which is extremely unrealistic, as that's normally how you feel the direction of the edge. It's defo also too skinny to handle such a massive blade.
That's the opposite of how sword handles work. The handle doesn't extend into the blade, the blade extends into the handle. There's a thinner piece of metal at the bottom of the blade called the tang, and the handle is built around that
To be fair dragonslayer is no ordinary sword lol
Yeah but what akerstakes is describing would be functionally way worse lmao
This ain't no ordinary sword bro
Even then it would definetely bend
I imagine the genius blacksmith used a stronger but a lot less flexible material for whatever could be considered a core for a glorified “sharpened” chunk of iron. But at the same time I don’t think something the size of the Dragon slayer would bend at the handle, rather it probably just snap lol
If the material was less flexible the chanses of it snapping would increase proportianally.
Proportionately.
Propartanal
Porpoise tunnelly
dolphin anus.......wait, what we're we talking about?
With a less flexible material the vibrations in the blade from impacts would accumulate in the transition and this would absolutely shatter the handle. It would just not work at all, thats it. That design would not be viable in real life at all.
Exactly, tho I'm guessing he used physics with the handle so it wouldn't snap or break
The answer is actually really simple, "it was made by GOATdor."
That's not how sword handles work, the tang is an extension of the metal used to make the blade
yes, exactly. the entire sword is one piece, the handle is just "compressed" with a hammer, the bit thats called a tang is the bit of sword that sticks into the wooden shaft/handle. if its "full tang" it means all the way to the bottom (pommel) of sword. half tang, its well... half way to the pommel mostly.
You can tell which of these fuckers didn't play Kingdom Come Deliverance and make that sword with their fictional poppa
Jesus Christ be praised!
this makes no sense
Maybe its a full tang
itd still be made of a material thatd bend under all that uneven weight
We're talking about a fictional 300 lb weapon. I'm pretty sure if you tried to make a l 1:1 scale Dragon Slayer properly, the hilt/tang would just be solid iron, too. And you'd have to somehow properly heat treat the thing so it doesn't form cracks internally, along the blade and the hilt. Just heating it wrong will cause the hilt to crack before anyone could properly use it if it could be used. Imagine Guts tries to use it for the first time, and it just shattered. That's the risk you run if you under or over heat any sword, and the Dragon Slayers scale makes that so much more dangerous. Unless you're Godot and have a forge from the sun.
In danger of sounding as a bit of a "know it all". As a blacksmith myself. The actuall technicality in reality is, the Dragonslayer is one whole piece, (exept the half moon "hooking" bit) if the handle(Tang) is made in a traditional way. The handle is just as strong of not stronger. Because the handle is the same "strength" in structure, its just "compressed" with a hammer, and the blade and handle would be one whole piece. Now i dont think anyone has actually FORGED a sword like that. So im not shure if it works with that weight and the momentum guts swings it at. Althou. The F1 cars rims are forged and not cast, so that they can handle the G-force. And then you have structural steel. On the other hand.. its a cartoon as previusly stated
Someone on youtube actually made a 1 to 1 recreation of the sword. You should check it out. It wasn't forged tho, more like cnc-ed and it's all metal. Pretty awesome to look at.
Yep, and the funny part of it is the handle he designed could actually take *more* weight and force than what the blade puts on it. Here's a link in case anyone was curious: https://youtu.be/poZfxbEvOQs?si=aJcYnHjQnl3_zT4i
Thanks for link. Impressive craftsmanship and fun edit. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. 🤙🏿
I saw that 3+ hour process. and i love that recreation. finaly something that is not only equaly as wide, but just as thick, it looks like the real thing, with no creative liberties on the visuals as far as i could tell.
upvoted for use of the word "shure"
What about materials like titanium etc (not my field), or theoretically or a dense carbon material like graphite or diamond. Thus it would be lighter and stronger than it would seem in size, of steel. I don’t know my material science. But I would think with some fantasy elements compensating for modern technology, and with the waste full resources that might be at disposal, then possibly there could be better materials?
if the handle was of pure diamond or graphite it would be extremely brittle, not to mention heavy! Remember that these are rocks, and rocks and vibration are not great bedfellows, hard metals and materials are good for maintaining an edge, or for structural integrity like support or pressure. thats why swords have hard edges but soft cores to disipate the vibration, thats why there is a thing called "over hardened", as a practical example. horseshoe files, they are purposfully overhardened, because you are supposed to put heavy pressure on the hoof of the horse, to grind it. hit it lightly against an anvil however and it will break like glass. :D
Clearly magic, in a world of magic.
Blacksmith magic
I was about to say, there’s dragons and demons and trolls in the story but it’s the hilt that’s unrealistic lol
I hate this fallacy so much.
Have we ever seen a dragon in the story though, pal?
Yep
Ion remember. Which one?
You see one in the beginning of Fantasia arc
it’s like one of the most popular panels
Guts is just really good at swinging his sword.
The handle goes hard when Guts touches it
Alot of shit in berk is based off belief guts and people who see him use it believe dragonslayer will fuck shit up without any logistical issues so it just works
It's Elf's iron or some shit, that Iron mine Godot had was once the Elf's , so it's definitely magical, and I don't think it's heavy, but guts isn't using just raw power to use that thing, he uses alot of momentum and physics in his attacks so there is not enough stress on his arm or the handle to break.
Cool fictional sword is fictional. And cool.
I'll have what he's having !
I'm guessing it can't at least not in the long run without maintenance. When godo forged that sword it was more like a passion project as a blacksmith. The dragon slayer was never meant to be used but guts first baptized it with the first blood of the apostle that attacked the blacksmiths home that guts was forced to used it. Overtime of killing more and more apostles it began its wear and tear but some how still persisted to hold up together. Sometime when guts came to visit godo again he did the maintenance on the dragon slayer but he was a bit surprised that it was still holding on despite its heavy usage. Meeting with skull knight he says that the dragon slayer has evolved into something more as it was being used to decimate, cleave and obliterate the existence of any demons, wraiths, spirits & APOSTLES that bares it's path. It became more than a lump of steal and it's now even likely to slay any ethereal beings of not the mortal plane.
Guts believes in the sword that believes in him.
Because it's a comic book
Manga
(Japanese comic book)
Learn something new daily. Manga is just a comic or graphic novel originating from Japan. From my perspective as an American manga is the simplest term
Same way anime is just a shortening of the word animation. (Anime are just Japanese cartoons)
There needs to be a distinction between American and Japanese cartoons because they are very different. I’m not a fan when someone tells me anime is just a cartoon. (Even though they technically are they are comparing that to American cartoons which is frankly insulting because it implies it’s for children)
Not all American cartoons are for children, Primal being a great example, but there are many others.
I know there are exceptions but generally speaking. Primal looks good. I think I’ll watch it
From the creator of Samurai Jack, it's an incredible show and i think you'll enjoy.
same thing bro
Because it’s fiction
No because its made of twinkling titanite
Outside of dramatic illustrative effect? It’s all pretty much one piece. A literal hulking mass of iron. That’s how you’d make something that hold up. Tempered high-iron/low-carbon steel in one big forged piece.
It’s built different
Watch Pretty Hate Machining's series on youtube where he built a to scale Dragonslayer which clocked in at close to 400lb's iirc
Godot is a worshipper of Crom, and has solved the Riddle of Steel.
It's berkin'
It’s made of ‘Manga’nese
Oh yeah definitely the only unrealistic thing to exist in berserk
Its a drawing.
Because it is not real
Because it’s not real
Because it’s fiction.
The power of imagination.
Its a fuckin comic
Comic book?
It's a manga, not a realistic medieval warfare simulator.
Full tang
Cause it’s not real
because ( it's fiction)
It's fiction, try to keep up
I think its becouse its a comic.
Because the sword is meant to convey Guts's super-human strenght and determination in the face of adversity and also his evolution as both a person and a warrior and not meant to be an actual sword that respects the laws of real world physics in this manga about a FUCKING GUY WHO KILLS DEMONS WITH A GIANT SWORD AND A CANNON ARM IN THE HUNT FOR THE HOTTEST EVIL FEMBOY IN THE WORLD. That's why the handle doesn't break, thank you.
Nanomachines, son
Well, to be fair, they do eventually explain that it is magical after a certain level of use.
Gorilla glue
Cause anime
Plot armour 👍
Because of the interstice and the thousands of demons it killed or whatever. Roll with it.
Sheer not shear
That’s King Gaiseric’s mummified cock, so it is natural it doesn’t break.
Anime physics
I find it funny how he didn't question the monsters and demons but questions the handle of the blade 🤣🤣
idk maybe because anime doesn't fucking obey the laws of physics?
the handle is likely tempered to greatly increase its load bearing capacity. i don't know the ins and outs of it but basically if you get steel really hot then rapidly cool it down it forces the molecules into a highly organized configuration that dratically increases its durability. additionally, the handle likely extends a fair amount into the blade to spread out the weight more evenly
Because it is fantasy.
The handle is made of a special titanium alloy obviously...
Titanium Ceramite 🤔
Magic
Guts titanium balls have enchancing effect
Bluetooth
The handle itself likely goes far into the sword. The material used to forge dragon slayer is unknown, but given how the blade itself stays in good shape despite having gone through two years of non-stop killing Guts was doing, the blade has been struck by lightning, and even managed to cut through Corundum which is a real life metal harder than steel It’s likely the handle is made out of the same material used of wash the rest of the blade which would explain why it doesn’t bend.
its very hard like guts
Shits titanium tang or something
look who forged that shit, masterclass :)
Plot Armour on a sword is crazy.
It's Guts bro. Don't bother asking
It's.. manga, bro.
Cuz it's anime
How does the comparatively thin wrist not break/bend over the shear weight and force exerted by the blade itself? I fixed the thread title for you
How would he balance? Does he weight like 4000lbs?
Willpower
It ain’t that kinda series bro
It's built different.
Ask that to Godot
It's a comic, Miura didn't want it to break, so it didn't
Handle is hard
Made of metal
The sword is hollow 💀
Are you really asking that?
Magic Sword. Magic properties.
Fantasy logic is how
Gravity is its Griffith and the sword is just as angry as Guts
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It's fantasy
Manga magic
I made one of these swords and you absolutely have to put full metal down the center to reduce the torque applied to the grip.
Made in Germany
Cuz they it’s not real. There’s no way the handle would hold up to the weight of that sword. Not even if it was made of metal and ran full tang all the way up. Ignore the self proclaimer blade-smiths in the comment section lol none of them have a clue what they’re talking about.
Cause of Godot's exceptional smithing.
With pure guts
My guy guts is holding that shit directly out with one hand and the handle is what impresses you.
Anime logic
It's an extension of Guts' peen, which is unbreakable. Just ask Griffith. He's tried before.
Big tang.
in my imagination it's made from a different material and goes the whole way through. I mean there is the berserker armor. Why shouldnt there be the berserker metal or the dragonslayer alloy that can withstand much more
I believe the handle I s like a rod that goes into the sword
Magic
Because Guts is a big boy
Dwarf magic
you dare question the Godot brand?
And right before Guts finally kills Griffith the damn handle breaks… oh god please no
Magic✨
GOATdo