petermorwood:

This is the (supposed*) sword of Pier Gerlofs Donia, otherwise known as Grutte Pier (Big Pete), a Frisian warlord and folk hero of the late 15th century. He supposedly stood seven feet tall, could bend coins with his fingers and pick up a horse weighing 1000 lbs. Even better, he was also a pirate! Here’s his helmet…

*Though the Dutch Wikipedia page suggests the sword on display in the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden may be a recent replica, it has no source for the claim. This shot suggests that it’s original enough to need handling with protective gloves (oddly not used in the older BW shots…)

Here it is again, from an angle you would NOT want to see for real…

…and a shot with another, even larger sword (compare the shamshirs and Japanese armour for scale) which may have belonged to his sidekick Wijerd Jelckama.

Ser Gregor Clegane “The Mountain that Rides” was realer than you think…

thats big… but what about his jock-strap