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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 18:11:19 GMT
Very happy with it, took it apart and all looks nice. Have been practicing my drawing (I've always been a fan of the speed draws from Zatoichi (blind swordsman) movies) but it's too wet out for me to want to cut stuff yet.
Did test it on some cardboard, paper, milk jug, inside - worked well.
Happy! Pics later.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 18:22:56 GMT
You posted the same thread twice...
Nice sword, what about some cutting vids?
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Post by ecovolo on Oct 24, 2009 18:36:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 18:42:34 GMT
Weird that it posted twice as I'm sure (Well who the hell knows) I only clicked once, ah well - deleted, thanks for telling me.
Ecovolo - that sword would be illegal in NYS I think, too much like a cane sword. I'll think on it though! heh.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 18:51:05 GMT
The dealers i tgalked to had no prob shipping it... just dont take it out of the house. the bigger problem is that LL has virtually gone silent.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 18:52:30 GMT
I've now hit some things at close to full force, I have to say the impact is much less jarring than I would have thought. Feels better than shooting a gun though.
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 25, 2009 20:56:04 GMT
...What? "Hit things at close to full force," you say? Aiming for the Major Leagues or what? There should be NO "jarring" at all... Guns are pretty comfortable, considering the other end...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 12:12:31 GMT
Force = speed.
No jarring at all eh? That's a problem then.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 12:15:47 GMT
a good cut (assuming you don't smack your stand or something) should feel like you didn't even hit anything.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 13:07:23 GMT
Well, when you say something like that know that I take it 100% literally. It certanily doesn't feel like im hitting much, but it def feels different then swinging it through air. Also getting very slightly jagged cuts, I want those nice perfectly smooth ones. Try to grab some video with my crappy camera but I'm waiting on my tuff cloth before I do much cutting.
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 26, 2009 13:34:58 GMT
Force != speed. Force = force; speed = speed, technique = technique.
You'll figure it out in time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 13:43:39 GMT
The Kaze is an excellent, durable sword. I would never consider practicing 'speed drawing' with a live blade however. That's what iaitos are for. ( $.02)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 13:55:18 GMT
Seems to work out so far Morpheus, and if I should die of my own stupidity well...so is life.
Random- technically ..speed does equal force. An increase in speed is an increase in energy is an increase in mass equivalents which you could determine the 'force' from.
Technique I have none at the moment other than not falling down or hitting anything but my target.
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 26, 2009 16:08:08 GMT
Well if'n ya wanna play Doc Sciencey...there is no need for speed or force in proper cutting. Tis all in the technique. Just so happens some o' dem folk do it all fast-like. Slow-mo sword fightin'll getcha dead right quick. To summarize my hypothesis, you're doing it wrong, and your theory needs revising. Pay no mind to ol' Morpheus, he forgets, like many here, that the gene pool needs cleaning. Oh, or something. Woo swords?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 16:20:32 GMT
...I didn't realize I had a theory except the one about speed and force...and I'd like to see you cut something without moving at all. ..
I can only hope I don't impregnate a woman before I die, thanks again for your response.
Good times!
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 26, 2009 16:37:07 GMT
Good times, indeed. Wonder when a lack of speed inferred a lack of motion, anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 16:47:20 GMT
A video will help I'm betting your edge alignment is off, and or you're chopping rather than slicing.
Your grip will have an affect on how well you cut too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 16:49:18 GMT
Good times, indeed. Wonder when a lack of speed inferred a lack of motion, anyway? I am thinking in hard scientific terms. Obviously this is bad, I will try to stop (Not being sarcastic, bloody internet). EDIT - As to videos do you mean when I get videos up of my shoddy work or there's helpful videos somewhere? None that I have seen seem to have any real details that would help. But my eye is not an expert's.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 16:56:15 GMT
Well I meant videos of you cutting but the latter is true as well. I can't think of any tutorial style videos but there are some good oens that you can get tips from observing the fine details of it.
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 26, 2009 17:17:13 GMT
The only decent tutorial videos I can think of are ShooterMike's, and they're mostly Euro-type swords, but a lot of the same principles apply... Didn't Tom K. or somebody do a semi-tutorial on katana cuts? There are dozens of practitioners here, I'm certain one of them has posted something at least partly instructional before? Have you tried YouTube? Try to stick with credited people from actual schools when you go there, but a few of the not-so-famous folk over there know a thing or two, too. Just beware of uh...some of them.
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