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Post by vlad4th on Mar 13, 2020 21:56:10 GMT
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 13, 2020 22:07:34 GMT
Looked good. I’ve got a bunch of pool noodles but am waiting for warm weather to try cutting them. I have read they’re hard to cut but you made it look pretty easy. If I do ever get into euros that Arbedo might be my first. I’ve read a lot of good things about it on here.
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Post by Lord Newport on Mar 14, 2020 18:36:03 GMT
Looked good. I’ve got a bunch of pool noodles but am waiting for warm weather to try cutting them. I have read they’re hard to cut but you made it look pretty easy. If I do ever get into euros that Arbedo might be my first. I’ve read a lot of good things about it on here. Time for some tatami mats I think! Other than being cheap and easy to get and they probably dont scratch up the blade, why pool noodles? It doesnt seem like it takes any skill or effort to cut them? And then of course that begs the same question of water bottles...
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 14, 2020 18:54:43 GMT
Lord Newport, I have read here and elsewhere that pool noodles are hard to cut because they flex so much. If your technique isn’t good they will just be pushed out of the way. Mostly edge alignment has to be good. I’m sure with your experience it wouldn’t be a problem, but for the rest of us yokels, not so much.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 14, 2020 19:35:08 GMT
Looked good. I’ve got a bunch of pool noodles but am waiting for warm weather to try cutting them. I have read they’re hard to cut but you made it look pretty easy. If I do ever get into euros that Arbedo might be my first. I’ve read a lot of good things about it on here. Time for some tatami mats I think! Other than being cheap and easy to get and they probably dont scratch up the blade, why pool noodles? It doesnt seem like it takes any skill or effort to cut them? And then of course that begs the same question of water bottles... They are difficult to cut cleanly, and preserve a record of the blade trajectory for adjusting your technique. It looked to me like the cuts in the OP video would be perfect even for a katana.
Water bottles I won't comment on, except to say that, if they get people outside to swing swords, they can't be all bad..
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Post by MOK on Mar 14, 2020 20:32:29 GMT
Looked good. I’ve got a bunch of pool noodles but am waiting for warm weather to try cutting them. I have read they’re hard to cut but you made it look pretty easy. If I do ever get into euros that Arbedo might be my first. I’ve read a lot of good things about it on here. Time for some tatami mats I think! Other than being cheap and easy to get and they probably dont scratch up the blade, why pool noodles? It doesnt seem like it takes any skill or effort to cut them? And then of course that begs the same question of water bottles... They're extremely light and very flexible. This means you need a sharp blade AND high velocity AND proper edge alignment AND stable follow-through to cut them neatly. They tend to present significant problems for heavier blades.
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Post by souznerushimy on Apr 16, 2020 8:12:39 GMT
It looks so epic with that noodle hehe
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Post by Jordan Williams on Apr 16, 2020 8:27:35 GMT
Other than being cheap and easy to get and they probably dont scratch up the blade, why pool noodles? It doesnt seem like it takes any skill or effort to cut them? And then of course that begs the same question of water bottles... They're extremely light and very flexible. This means you need a sharp blade AND high velocity AND proper edge alignment AND stable follow-through to cut them neatly. They tend to present significant problems for heavier blades. Well, not a sharp blade. Or proper follow through as there are some sketchy vids of people cutting them. Edge alignment and velocity is what matters. That said, with the right sword (thin blade) pool noodles are easy to cut. With the right anchorage as well, my 800 gram Wilkinson sails through them despite being a blade heavy sabre.
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