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Post by connorclarke on Mar 30, 2017 11:00:26 GMT
That actually looks like poor fullers that would increase flex. I have a blade very similar to that and it bends easy. I think they are referring to the spring steel and tempering that prevents it from taking a set.
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Post by connorclarke on Mar 30, 2017 11:01:57 GMT
That actually looks like poor fullers that would increase flex. I have a blade very similar to that and it bends easy. I think they are referring to the spring steel and tempering that prevents it from taking a set. The fullers look shallow both in the diagram and the pictures so in this case it would just be to lighten the blade I think.
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Post by randomnobody on Mar 30, 2017 13:01:06 GMT
Either of those, Timo, tongue-in-cheek the whole way. One of my choora has what I would consider a very wide, deep fuller, though I could see it argued as a swollen bevel... I'm not home right now, so no access to good photos, but I've cropped this out of a larger photo just to share for the giggles: You can kinda make out the ridge that follows the bevel to meet up with the spine, but the rest of the blade is deeper. I'd guess between 1-2mm, but I find even remember the thickness at the bevel or spine on this one... Grooves: groovy or not groovy? That is the question...
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Post by jammer on Apr 18, 2017 19:54:17 GMT
Sorry to reply late, but i recently was training in a situation where the place where i was training has several antique blades, 2 were from a single historical swordsmans collection.
These 2 were bare blades of katana length, and belonged to a samurai from the 17th century, the blades were both 16th century.
What i found curious is that one was a bohi and one nohi, the bohi blade was much chunkier than the nohi blade. The nohi blade was well dinged, the bohi one was pristine, and looked like a modern iaito in shape.
The nohi blade was incredibky slender and very light, almost as if the bohi in the other blade was to compensate the chunkier blade.
Anyway, just an observation that may be interesting. And a small sample.
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