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Post by hoshioni on May 3, 2021 8:19:58 GMT
heres pics of my honshu katana exiperience. like I said adore the stout but flex balence of the steel itself. the blade itself more then meets my durabitly standards.
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but after sharpening it, replacing it with a threadable fitting. and seeing if I could cut with it. the Thread itself broke off the blade. though it actually handles better weight wise without the pommel.
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on May 3, 2021 11:40:40 GMT
Interesting. Mine held up to a few dozen mordhau on a big tree stump. Solid, but somewhat impact absorbent. What kind of target did you hit? Regardless, it's a design flaw. I'm guessing they do the weld to keep the pommel from rotating to be crooked, since it has a bird's head instead of being something symmetrical like a scent stopper. What I'd rather they did is key the pommel to fit on the end of the tang without rotating, then use one of the flathead cap nuts to screw onto the tang inside a recessed hole in the end of the pommel. Just like their Honshu Historic that I just reviewed. That would also have the benefit of allowing grip removal without breaking anything. I put the sword through hell, literally, as it doesn't perform well in cutting tests due to the weight distribution and the poor edge geometry (you mentioned that in your review). I demolished a rotten tree, and launched many strikes perpendicular to the grain of the dry wood. I performed quillon strikes while holding the grip, and the blade in mordhau style, into the trunk of a cypress tree we cut down 2 years ago. The quillon held up quite well, and completely demolished the thick tree bark. I think it would be rather easy to punch a hole into an assailant's skull just by shoving the quillon forward without putting too much commitment into it. At this point, the pommel fell off. To be fair, the quillon strikes probably weren't the one that did it in. There had been so many abusive tests done beforehand that might have caused the crack. I still think they should ask their contractor to make the welded part stronger, but it isn't overly weak, for sure. I'm still not a fan of this sword (I was very eager to love it before laying my hands on it), but you have to admit--it's one tough cookie to destroy. I used a machete to hack into its blade dozens of times, the blade only suffered some very slight nicks, however near the guard the blade wasn't hardened, the strikes from the other blade caused very substantial rolls. Hacking into large rocks, and throwing it against the tree dozens of times didn't seem to diminish the blade much, either. I also cut into the quillon many times with that blade, it didn't manage to bend or break the guard, which is very reassuring. I hope you filmed all this, sounds like a good watch. |
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Post by Kane Shen on May 3, 2021 15:42:27 GMT
I put the sword through hell, literally, as it doesn't perform well in cutting tests due to the weight distribution and the poor edge geometry (you mentioned that in your review). I demolished a rotten tree, and launched many strikes perpendicular to the grain of the dry wood. I performed quillon strikes while holding the grip, and the blade in mordhau style, into the trunk of a cypress tree we cut down 2 years ago. The quillon held up quite well, and completely demolished the thick tree bark. I think it would be rather easy to punch a hole into an assailant's skull just by shoving the quillon forward without putting too much commitment into it. At this point, the pommel fell off. To be fair, the quillon strikes probably weren't the one that did it in. There had been so many abusive tests done beforehand that might have caused the crack. I still think they should ask their contractor to make the welded part stronger, but it isn't overly weak, for sure. I'm still not a fan of this sword (I was very eager to love it before laying my hands on it), but you have to admit--it's one tough cookie to destroy. I used a machete to hack into its blade dozens of times, the blade only suffered some very slight nicks, however near the guard the blade wasn't hardened, the strikes from the other blade caused very substantial rolls. Hacking into large rocks, and throwing it against the tree dozens of times didn't seem to diminish the blade much, either. I also cut into the quillon many times with that blade, it didn't manage to bend or break the guard, which is very reassuring. I hope you filmed all this, sounds like a good watch. I do. I’ll compile and edit the clips to release it soon. |
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