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Post by adamthedrummer on Jul 3, 2013 2:51:40 GMT
Well I was playing lumberjack today and my father in law pointed to a thick sapling and said cut it, the blade sailed thru and hit a rock, spent an hour sanding it out, now I have to repolish it. Yay. :-)
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Post by William Swiger on Jul 3, 2013 4:14:27 GMT
Yeah - my first expensive katana was a beauty. I was swinging it in the house and hit the ceiling the day it arrived. Broke the tip. Was able to reprofile it but kicked myself for doing it.
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Post by Bluntsword on Jul 4, 2013 2:33:51 GMT
ur not a sword owner unless you have done something like this :lol: i've done it twice (bent the tip), and there's a nice 1 inch mark on my roof, which I have no idea how it got there
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Post by adamthedrummer on Jul 4, 2013 11:13:30 GMT
Yes I knew it was a bad idea to attempt such a low cut but did it anyway, duh!!! Lol. Easy enough to fix but won't be trying that again. :-)
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Jul 4, 2013 12:34:21 GMT
if the tips break so easy on things like cieling dry wall, how the hell could they have historically been used for thrusting through samurai armor? are the reproductions just weaker?
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Post by frankthebunny on Jul 4, 2013 18:03:55 GMT
First I think there is a big misconception of how these swords were used in real battle situations and how they fared afterward. It's not exactly like samurai would line up soldiers wearing plate armor and go down the line stabbing into each one after the other with no damage to show for it. Stabbing in general wasn't done very often with a katana as it was designed for slashing and finesse cuts on targets like bare flesh and clothing and if it was used to stab, it was most likely into a soft unprotected neck or other exposed vital target. Certain blade geometries and kissaki types were designed for heavier targets and were generally more robust and with reinforced tips but only few compared to the more common designs.
No matter how well the sword was made or what style geometry and kissaki it had, if it was in battle and hit hard targets like heavy armor, it took damage. These swords needed constant repair and maintenance after heavy use just as any fine tuned weapon that sees battle does from German longswords to modern rifles.
Second, the kissaki is delicate, especially right at the very tip and although sheetrock or wood might not seems very tough in certain ways, it is dense and it's really the force of the swing and angle of the strike that causes the bends and damage more than the substance itself. Those who have bent their blades on soaked mats and rolled newspaper could tell you this. Now a delicate kissaki tip against dirt or a rock? well, yeah there ya go.
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Post by adamthedrummer on Jul 4, 2013 18:57:25 GMT
Yet the body of the blade was taking abuse far beyond what most katana could survive, tough ass blade, rocks would damage any blade. :-)
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Post by applejack on Jul 18, 2013 19:09:17 GMT
I have broke many kissaki/tips in knife and swords.
when i break my stuff i always think of this song and feel better that i was not there
Det er min dag i dag It is my day today Herre Gud for en hærlig dag Oh my God what a wonderful day Det er min dag, min dag i dag. x 2 It is my day today, my day today x 2
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Post by adamthedrummer on Jul 18, 2013 19:42:37 GMT
Hey that's awesome, and yes I agree, a rolled tip is small potatoes compared to that. :-)
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