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Post by ryuto on Dec 29, 2018 13:24:56 GMT
I believe the bo-hi plays a part in that. I now have 2 katanas and a iaito all with a bo-hi so that I could make the sound and enhance my learning curve. If I should get another it will be without a bo-hi as I feel it will cut better and I no longer depend on the whistle. Yes that’s right but the main purpose of the bohi is to reduce the weight of the blade and the ‘i beam’ cross section strengthens the blade! I have a tameshigiri katana without a bohi and although it’s the best cutter I have, naturally since it’s designed for that, it’s also very heavy. It will be my chosen weapon when the zombie apocalypse comes but I’ll need to take anabolic steroids for several months before to be able to wield it for longer than 10 minutes! Thus some warning will be appreciated, Zombie community. Check out this amazing book...if you like data, graphs and the ability to extrapolate from it. It explains it all. smile.amazon.co.uk/Analysis-Iai-Katana-Jon-Andresen/dp/1523962089/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1546089682&sr=8-1
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 13:42:40 GMT
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Post by pgandy on Dec 29, 2018 16:19:42 GMT
Yes that’s right but the main purpose of the bohi is to reduce the weight of the blade and the ‘i beam’ cross section strengthens the blade! I have a tameshigiri katana without a bohi and although it’s the best cutter I have, naturally since it’s designed for that, it’s also very heavy. It will be my chosen weapon when the zombie apocalypse comes but I’ll need to take anabolic steroids for several months before to be able to wield it for longer than 10 minutes! Thus some warning will be appreciated, Zombie community. The reasons that if I should buy another katana it would be without the bo-hi are for the very reasons you state. My interests have since turned to swords of the western world. I started to say that my daily PT but for the last few months I’ve been remiss with my PT something I need to correct, is with a sheathed bastard sword weighing a total of 2.13 kg. And I have made single handed cuts with that unsheathed 1.91 kg sword. My katanas weigh: .93 kg,, that one is fast. 1.05 kg, I use for cutting due to its heavier weight. And my iaito weighs in at 1.09 kg. I am confident that I that I can handle more weight and therefore no bo-hi with and less resistance.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Dec 29, 2018 16:51:43 GMT
I have a few Euro swords that whistle in a swing, long slender rapiers or thinner longswords, without a fuller in the foible. My heavier no hi Raptor katana didn't whistle yet, my bo hi kats do. The tachikaze sound of a bo hi kat is a bit different from the tip-whistle my Euros make. A bo hi makes the blade lighter and faster of course and that's better for tachikaze but I think the bo hi near the tip makes also a special sound that shows good edge alignment.
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Post by ryuto on Dec 30, 2018 15:17:57 GMT
I’m always amazed by some of my fellow swordsmen who can make their swords whistle loudest at just before the moment it would make contact with a head on a downward cut! Try it...it’s very difficult. One of them can produce tachikaze at any point in the arc of travel and mute it at any point I suggest! Almost as impressive as this...
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Post by Gwynbleid69 on Sept 15, 2020 22:20:03 GMT
James Williams vs some mats with a Howard Clark blade Serious power, speed, control right there. Jesus christ dude give it a rest with the stock photos.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 1:41:55 GMT
Serious power, speed, control right there. Jesus christ dude give it a rest with the stock photos. Well, it is hardly a stock photo. The photographer was Keith Larman and the setting was Howard Clark's home. A lonnnnnnnng time ago. "FWIW I'm the one who took that photo of James. That was during the shooting of the L6 film in Iowa. It was very hot that day and the targets were getting very dry and difficult to cut. And that is one thick target by the way. But if you look closely you can see a boy's face in the background by the target. The telephoto lens "compacted" the apparent distances to make him look much closer than he really was. Regardless, that's Howard Clark's oldest son watching. He'd just spent the long day watching a whole lot of tameshigiri for the cameras. And you can tell how excited he was by this time..." If you mean all the photos in this thread, yes, I harvest images. All are in the public domain.
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