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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 12:38:28 GMT
1. Is there a place where i can find wolf theme furniture for a katana? 2. Is there a place that makes custom sayas for katana? 3. what is better differntialy hardened or through hardened? 4. How good is Damascus steel on a katana? 5. Is it right for a sword to chip when its hitting a fork? i placed a fork in a styerfoam box to keep it still then sliced the fork with my katana and my blade chipped. i guess katanas dont hold up to the mighty fork ( if you dont believe me try it yourself you will wish you hadnt) 6. is thier any downside to a leather handle on a katana if so what are they and are their any upsides as well?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 12:47:25 GMT
1) only if you got it custom made 2) there are several people who furnish blades that make sayas, although it depends what one requires 3) Depends on your level of training, if you want a hamon, what purpose you want the blade for 4) It isn't damascus it is folded or pattern-welded, big difference. Folded steel depends on how well it is done and what you want the sword for 5) Steel against steel will chip every time. Which blade chipped? I would expect a blade to chip against any steel, especially something stainless like a fork
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 15:43:30 GMT
I'll have a go at question #6.
The downside to a leather ito is that it won't be necessarily historically accurate- but it depends on what your purpose is for this sword. Upsides? None that I can recall...cloth or silk will make for a more secure hold than leather I'd think...leather can get slippery when your hands start to sweat. The cloth or silk ito would absorb that moisture w/out any adverse effects on your grip.
One thing; don't let Hollywood school you on swords, you'll fail any and every test there is if you do so. Even though Hollywood swordfight scenes invariably show the combatants striking other swords and parrying with the blade's edge, this is almost never done in reality. If it were so, a sword wouldn't last long at all.
A sword is meant to cut targets less hard than steel...or lightly armored opponents (think leather and/or chainmail, padded armor, the like); for knights in full plate, using a sword was pretty much out of the question with the exception of the English tuck and swords of that nature which were built to find the openings in plate armor. By then, warhammers, maces and axes were more potent and desired for carry.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 18:57:22 GMT
It's interesting because it is much rarer to see leather on tsuka in nihonto mountings - however, I did run across this thread in another forum which seems to come to the conclusion that leather was used "back in the day" forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?p=1052638Here's one I found on aoi art:
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