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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Nov 20, 2018 14:41:18 GMT
Hi all,
I have a project for such a sword and was wondering... Being mostly familiar with asian sword types, I understand that this kind of blade profile can be found in dao, chokuto and ninjato, all of them straight swords. If there are curved swords using that profile, I am not aware of.
So, getting to the beef of it - Compared to a shinogi-zukuri (style I am the most familiar with):
1 - How well do they cut?
Some personal speculating: Assuming the steeper bevel angle, it is likely to not cut as well as a shinogi or shobu zukuri blade.
2 - How resilient is the blade to chipping or taking a set?
Also speculating, I assume that since the taper is lower and beefier than a shinogi-zukuri profile, it would be more resilient to breaking and possibly chipping with more 'meat' being behind the edge.
Also, the blade geometry itself behing straight from the bevel's ridge up to the mune (back ridge of the blade), I assume such a blade, at equal size and lenght, would be heavier and unwieldier than a shinogi-zukuri shape, but may be more resilent to taking a set on a bad cut?
3 - Do kiriha-zukuri blades, usually being shorter thrusting swords, have any distal taper?
o7
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Nov 20, 2018 14:45:23 GMT
They cut pretty bad. Here's a video of me cutting with one:
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Nov 21, 2018 13:40:19 GMT
Mmm, interesting but not surprising to be honest, there's a reason why this blade geometry evolved into swords with a steeper taper.
Considering Kiriha-zukuri and Hira-zukuri co-habitated at the time, what was the critters that justfied using that 'inferior' cutting geometry. Maybe it had to do with making a choice between a better cutting tool (Hira-zukuri) to a beefer, more resilent blade (Kihira-zukuri), considering facing opponents wearing or not wearing armor.
o7
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