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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 22:57:55 GMT
Hey Veldruk, just be sure you pick up some good cleaning and oiling supplies if you're gonna be cutting that many vegetables and fruits and pigs. Those organic acids will rust up the blade quick if you don't wipe down between every cut and clean the blade immediately after your session. I use 3-in-one and mineral oil for my blades, and just dry the blade with a towel in between cuts, but I've only cut things with water in them or made of foam or cardboard. I'm not sure what would be best for getting pumpkin guts safely off prior to regular oiling.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 23:23:41 GMT
What do you guys think about using the 304S on a pig's neck? That shouldn't be too abusive, since swords were designed to cut flesh and bone. Well, I certainly wouldn't do it with my 304S, but that's just because I find the idea a little gross.  As far as abuse, I'd have to defer to someone more knowledgeable than I am. I do know that living bone is structurally easier to cut through than wood of the same diameter in a perfect cut, and I've seen some pigs get messed up in some sword videos. But cutting wood is certainly abuse (the density of the fiber structure means that it gets exponentially harder to cut through as it gets wider and its VERY easy to go over the line) But since you've never cut before, even if the experts deem it non-abuse I'd think it wouldn't be a wise thing to try for a while. You can put a rough set in a blade from poor alignment on a meer waterbottle. I don't even wanna think about it catching in a bone wrong on a full swing. As well, meat cutting is a pretty freaky thing to witness. It's hard not to think of it being done to you instead of your enemy. Swords have been weapons for a long time because they are really effective. I remember a video posted a while back of a guy chopping up a deer with a sword and it is frightening, to say the least. Made me feel a lot more responsible with my swords. Slaying beasts and orcs in my mind is fun, slaying bottles and pool noodles is tons of fun, but realizing how brutally you could maim another person is not fun. Especially when you realize someone else could be holding the sword, and you could have as easily been the one bleeding on the ground.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 23:26:11 GMT
This is why I don't care about historical accuracy for the most part.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 23:34:17 GMT
Amen to that!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 23:38:51 GMT
I don't see this as abuse though it may seem uncomfortable to some people (which is understandable!). If a Hanwei Albrecht can get through unscathed then a VA 304s shouldn't have a problem. How can it be abuse if it is doing something it is designed to do?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 23:41:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 7:17:54 GMT
I did take the pH levels into consideration when choosing what I'm going to cut. I hadn't planned on chopping into limes or pomegranates =D
Zucchini falls relativly close to the pH of 7 at around 5.5 which is still a little high, but I don't think I'll have to worry about a short window of time for exposure. Pumpkins are around the same levels as zucchini.
Now corn on the other hand. Depending on the type can actually be an alkaline... and corn is cheaper, and would offer a LOVELY cob that would offer more resistance to the cut.
Wheeeeee!
And they say you shouldn't play with your food. =\
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Post by shadowhowler on Sept 16, 2009 9:52:10 GMT
I'm not sure what would be best for getting pumpkin guts safely off prior to regular oiling. I love cutting pumkins... I use WD-40 to clean off my blade after a cutting session, then apply the 3-in-1 oil afterwards and place them back on the wall. |
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As far as abuse, I'd have to defer to someone more knowledgeable than I am. I do know that living bone is structurally easier to cut through than wood of the same diameter in a perfect cut, and I've seen some pigs get messed up in some sword videos. But cutting wood is certainly abuse (the density of the fiber structure means that it gets exponentially harder to cut through as it gets wider and its VERY easy to go over the line) But since you've never cut before, even if the experts deem it non-abuse I'd think it wouldn't be a wise thing to try for a while. You can put a rough set in a blade from poor alignment on a meer waterbottle. I don't even wanna think about it catching in a bone wrong on a full swing.
