Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 7, 2018 4:52:23 GMT
Today, I performed two double cuts on a single Mugen Dachi tatami mat using an old Windlass Transitional Viking sword that I recently picked up from William Swiger. I spent some time sharpening it last night. This sword was discontinued from the Museum Replicas lineup about a decade ago, but I have confirmed that this sword can still be purchased new from at least one retailer in Australia: www.lawranceordnance.com/default/shop/swords/transitional-viking-sword.html
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Post by Adrian Jordan on May 7, 2018 4:59:11 GMT
Dang, man. That's some slick cutting.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on May 7, 2018 5:36:54 GMT
Hello. I would like to know what will happen if the mats were only soaked for 3 hours? What would be the difference between a long soak time mat? Thanks.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 7, 2018 5:47:56 GMT
Hello. I would like to know what will happen if the mats were only soaked for 3 hours? What would be the difference between a long soak time mat? Thanks. These mats were soaked about 12 hours, which is typical for the mats I cut. I have had a number of occasions where I wanted to cut on very short notice and soaked them for 4 hours. They were just slightly stiffer. If the mats are given enough time to saturate, which they can probably do in 3 hours (since 4 hrs worked fine), then they should be not that much different than 12 hrs. That's why Mugen Dachi is used in tournaments. It is a very consistent cutting medium. One of the tournaments that I attend every year in Los Angeles (SoCal Swordfight) is run by a friend of mine who I know only soaks his mats for 4 hours. I'll be cutting again next weekend. I can set aside a few mats to be soaked for only 3 hours if you are interested to see the results.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on May 7, 2018 6:32:53 GMT
Hello. I would like to know what will happen if the mats were only soaked for 3 hours? What would be the difference between a long soak time mat? Thanks. These mats were soaked about 12 hours, which is typical for the mats I cut. I have had a number of occasions where I wanted to cut on very short notice and soaked them for 4 hours. They were just slightly stiffer. If the mats are given enough time to saturate, which they can probably do in 3 hours (since 4 hrs worked fine), then they should be not that much different than 12 hrs. That's why Mugen Dachi is used in tournaments. It is a very consistent cutting medium. One of the tournaments that I attend every year in Los Angeles (SoCal Swordfight) is run by a friend of mine who I know only soaks his mats for 4 hours. I'll be cutting again next weekend. I can set aside a few mats to be soaked for only 3 hours if you are interested to see the results. Thanks a lot. Wish I have a chance to try the mats you cut out. The things we cut at the local dojo here seems like a totally different beast. They were extremely sensitive to sharpness that render edges that can survive cutting bamboo and pipes difficult to cut them. Vice versa, the edge that can cut them nice, can't hold against the harder targets.
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Post by William Swiger on May 7, 2018 9:24:39 GMT
Great cutting man! Nice to see one of these old swords getting some cutting time.
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Post by Jordan Williams on May 20, 2018 0:27:11 GMT
Hello. I would like to know what will happen if the mats were only soaked for 3 hours? What would be the difference between a long soak time mat? Thanks. I was curious and wanted to see for myself, so I took what mat I had left (about 3/4 of one split into two equal halves) and soaked them each for about 1 hour in hot water. They behaved similarly to when I had previously soaked them for 24 hours.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on May 20, 2018 5:47:00 GMT
Hello. I would like to know what will happen if the mats were only soaked for 3 hours? What would be the difference between a long soak time mat? Thanks. I was curious and wanted to see for myself, so I took what mat I had left (about 3/4 of one split into two equal halves) and soaked them each for about 1 hour in hot water. They behaved similarly to when I had previously soaked them for 24 hours. Thanks for the info!
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Post by Wes Cameron on May 20, 2018 10:39:30 GMT
Nice!
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