Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-69.169.149.237-20140108093910/@comment-69.204.51.67-20140809050643

OK, that's part of your earlier problem, you were using text as your primary  basis, and trying to deduce their size from written descriptions, which don't even give exact measurements to begin with. I'm using actual visual evidence and physically measuring them. You can't measure text descriptions. You have to use pictures to get accurate measurements. So, yes, the visuals trump the written word. Ever hear the saying, "A picture says a thousand words"?

Now, that we're on the same page. I just double checked you new findings actually measuring the head size and counting heads, and in this you are correct. he is about 6.5 heads, Still a far cry from the "ideal" 7.5 you first stated. I originally said 5.5- 6 heads as a rough estimate.

Now, given that. In the picture, the hitl measures the same as one head high. and that would indeed equate to a 106" hilt if it were directly next to the head while being measured. However, we need to take into account that the sword is behind him, and thus, distance makes it appear smaller than it acutally is. In fact, both pictures have the sword at different distances from his head thus they're measuring diffferent head hights as a result. And the orthographic pictures of the two swords in the Kirigaya Kazuto LN are not to scale with the main drawing, so they're no help in determining exact length. Thus, given that in both pictures, the Elucidator is behind him or further away from us than his head is, we need to add some to the hilt's length to account for distance. This should at least 1.5" to the hilt in Kirito Full Body, and up to three inches in Kirigaya Kazuto LN. Either way, we're looking at about a roughly 12" hilt when you take perspective into account.

As for Kirito's hands, All I said in that regard is that he could have hands that large, not that he did. go back and re-read my posts. And that is based upon the fact that I have small hands for my height, and his look to be rather large for his height.

Now, using a tape measure, I  just measured his hand holding the Elucidator (Measured from the base of the pinky to the base of the thumb), as well as the hilt, in the Kirigaya Kazuto LN picture, and came up with 1.125" (1-1/8") for the hilt and .375" (3/8") for the hand holding it. Thus, the hilt is three times as long as his hand is wide. Thus, if (as you state) he has a 4" wide hand, the hilt is still 12" long. So, no matter how you look at it, we have a 12" long hilt and a 48" long sword.