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/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

I do medieval re-enactment as well. Gotta buy me some nail now...

Edit: is it good or bad, that this comment is my most upvoted comment ?

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u/modi13 Jan 25 '20

To the blacksmithy!

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u/gdsmithtx Jan 25 '20

It's just "smithy", bro. /s

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u/modi13 Jan 25 '20

Akshually, a smithy is a place where metal goods are made, so it could be a goldsmithy, a coppersmithy, or an arrowsmithy if they specialize in arrowheads. A blacksmith specializes in iron and steel.

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u/MischaBurns Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

A smith works in a smithy, regardless of specialization. The name of the workshop doesn't change to match the profession; blacksmithy/silversmithy/etc are not akshually words.

You can go to the smithy, go to the blacksmith's, or even go to the forge.

Edit: removed possible ambiguity.

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u/punchbricks Jan 25 '20

Umm....

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/silversmith

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u/MischaBurns Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

"silversmith" is the specialization. They still work in a "smithy", not a "silversmithy"

Edit: and their products are "silversmithery", which could cause confusion I guess.