One swish! And that ugly bastard's head came clean off. Not a single dangling vein. Nope. They don't make swords like that any more. Screwfix used to stock a half decent one. But it was useless for gladatorial purposes. Not bad for despatching the odd annoying yob; assuming hes not very fat and therefore fleshy around the torso to cranium connection section.
Bit surprised this topic hasn't come up before.
Arthur