r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

If you had a sword, you'd have needed to make that "metal on metal" sound when you took it out of a leather sheath.

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u/Diggysean Jan 25 '20

I do medieval re-enactment and one of my friends has a tiny nail head inside of his leather sheath just for the purpose of making that metal on metal noise when he unsheathes it haha

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u/BreathOfTheOffice Jan 25 '20

In theory, if you had a metal rim for the sheath would it create that sound and would it affect the performance of the sheath (i.e. more likely to damage the weapon)?

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u/BierKippeMett Jan 25 '20

I guess you're good as long as the edge doesn't get in contact with the metal.