Wooden swords are kid stuff, at least that is what things like Peter Pan might lead you to believe. But actually, a wooden sword can be a pretty formidable weapon once you put an edge on it. Minecraft actually gets it pretty close to right—wooden swords aren't great or durable, but they certainly are weapons.

To explore the actual damage-dealing potential of a wooden sword, slingshot master and unorthodox weapon engineer Joerg Sprave whipped one up from a log and began putting it through its paces. The results are pretty impressive. Wood can do some real damage against cardboard, cloth, and ballistics gel, even though it can't be sharpened to a hair-splitting edge and loses whatever edge it does have very, very quickly.

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While the wooden sword may perform better than you might have expected, it only takes a swing or two of a steel sword to really put it into perspective. Still, you'll want to be careful with either.

Source: Joerg Sprave

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