Fun fact: there are about 2 grams of elemental iron in the blood of an average adult.

[lcamtuf@infosec.exchange]

Fun fact: there are about 2 grams of elemental iron in the blood of an average adult. A typical medieval sword is about 1 kg. So, if you want to forge a sword out of the blood of slain enemies, you need to make about 500 enemies.

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@lcamtuf 500? easy, im gonna make so many swords

[hypostase@bsd.network]

@lcamtuf
At least you'd have some carbon handy.

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@lcamtuf honestly im not even the one making them, im not out there making those choices.

[ikesau@micro.ikesau.co]

@lcamtuf And given there's about 85mg of copper in each body, 11,764 enemies for a copper saucepan. And 2 enemies for a chlorine pool tablet.

[fritzadalis@infosec.exchange]

@lcamtuf
You can do it with one enemy, you just need to be patient.

[nothacking@infosec.exchange]

@lcamtuf ... or you could use ~250g of sodium and ~140g of potassium. Those metals are a lot lighter, so you'd only need one or two.

Once it dulls, insead of sharpening it, just throw it in a lake to intimidate the remaining 498 enemies.