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Post by Fifteenthirty on Apr 7, 2012 12:23:12 GMT
Argh, lost my post that I thought I put up before I went to sleep... chenessfan, I am aware that there is a great variety of longswords, and that the term is vague. And yes, some were intended more for cutting, some more for thrusting, most for adequate performance at strikes, draw cuts, and thrusts (very versatile weapons, as the manuals show). However, katana (or Japanese bastard sabres;)) are more homogenous in design. They are always designed primarily for the cut, and always to be sharp as buggery. Therefore, generally speaking, the average sharpness of longswords would be less than the average sharpness of katana. No criticism of the longsword: I Iike 'em. I fear if you want to avoid conjecture, generalisations etc you would probably be best advised to avoid online forums! Cheers!
ps I am unable to get anywhere near cutting a bottle with an axe, yet am quite confident of removing a head or limb with it easily...
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Post by lamebmx on Apr 7, 2012 14:21:23 GMT
Katana themselves have variation in the base angles, amount of niku and location of niku. Niku being whats above the straight plane in a convex edge. They were not all primarily designed "for the cut" as that would not be helpful during times they had to fight armored opponents.
Conjecture and generalizations make for the more though provoking conversations! As long as things stay in line, learning is involved and it dont break down to "katana pwns longsword" "no longsword 0wns katana you n00b!" So far there has been a few new tidbits I have gleamed from this convo.
Well noted conjecture such as "Wouldn't it work better this way because of this" is excluded, I am pretty sure you are probably talking about conjecture expressed as fact. That being said, you will notice conjecture, generalizations etc type of posts are pretty low on the totem pole here.
Try laying the bottle sideways on the ground. :mrgreen:
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