So what do authors do to pass the time while waiting for their publication date?
One answer, if you know the right people, is: fill plastic soda bottles with water and then hack them apart with swords…
BTW, this is two separate cuts with two different blades (and two bottles; Dr. Pepper didn’t survive his encounter with the longsword in photo #1).
Here, fellow Pepper matador Cooper Moo scores a clean decapitation:
Pics courtesy of Neal S.; deadly weapons courtesy of Angus Trim and Tinker Pearce.