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Post by Lancelot Chan on Feb 26, 2021 12:54:43 GMT
Longship Armoury 5160H Dha "little cutie" vs new upper arm targets
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Post by pgandy on Feb 26, 2021 13:46:26 GMT
Impressive.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Feb 26, 2021 14:12:39 GMT
Thanks a lot. I started using a 2cm diameter PPR core to match the upper arm bone diameter. In the past I used 2.5cm, which is actually thigh bone's diameter.
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Post by pgandy on Feb 26, 2021 16:47:25 GMT
You are assuming PPR has the same resistance as bone. I have no idea the answer. Regardless it's still impressive.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Feb 26, 2021 17:17:26 GMT
You are assuming PPR has the same resistance as bone. I have no idea the answer. Regardless it's still impressive. Me either. Having cut pork bone before but it was hard as hell. Never cut living bone before. If living bone is comparable to green bamboo, then PPR is pretty close. So in the past I just went "a lil bit more difficult" by going at thigh diameter, just to be sure. Hhahaha. But yeah, going back to a more accurate diameter now both to save cost and probably more realistic too.
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Post by pgandy on Feb 26, 2021 17:41:19 GMT
You are assuming PPR has the same resistance as bone. I have no idea the answer. Regardless it's still impressive. Me either. Having cut pork bone before but it was hard as hell. Never cut living bone before. If living bone is comparable to green bamboo, then PPR is pretty close. So in the past I just went "a lil bit more difficult" by going at thigh diameter, just to be sure. Hhahaha. But yeah, going back to a more accurate diameter now both to save cost and probably more realistic too. In regards to bone I've only cut pork bones, front leg, fresh from the butcher but remaining in the frig overnight with the meat attached. I do not have the knowledge to compare that with another object. I've done so using a machete and Windlass' German Bastard Sword both went through with no damage to the blades.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Feb 26, 2021 18:42:54 GMT
Me either. Having cut pork bone before but it was hard as hell. Never cut living bone before. If living bone is comparable to green bamboo, then PPR is pretty close. So in the past I just went "a lil bit more difficult" by going at thigh diameter, just to be sure. Hhahaha. But yeah, going back to a more accurate diameter now both to save cost and probably more realistic too. In regards to bone I've only cut pork bones, front leg, fresh from the butcher but remaining in the frig overnight with the meat attached. I do not have the knowledge to compare that with another object. I've done so using a machete and Windlass' German Bastard Sword both went through with no damage to the blades. Glad to hear that your swords survived. :)
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 10, 2021 16:32:32 GMT
Little cutie and reborn Cutting against upper arm with extended cuts.
Little cutie cutting against forearm at corridor.
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Post by Croccifixio on Mar 11, 2021 1:23:16 GMT
Hey guys, long time. Lance, as usual, impressive cutting! I heard that apart from green bamboo, acrylic cement, if shaped, is a possible bone substitute. Maybe if you can find some and shape it into bones, Lance, they would be more accurate?
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 11, 2021 6:06:41 GMT
Hey guys, long time. Lance, as usual, impressive cutting! I heard that apart from green bamboo, acrylic cement, if shaped, is a possible bone substitute. Maybe if you can find some and shape it into bones, Lance, they would be more accurate? Thanks for the info! It seems hard to find them in pipe / tube shape though.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 11, 2021 6:07:16 GMT
This is single handed vs forearm.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 11, 2021 8:53:07 GMT
Little cutie cutting an upper arm target with 7 to 14 layers of fabric cover.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 11, 2021 12:25:19 GMT
That many layers are impressive indeed.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 11, 2021 12:26:48 GMT
Hey guys, long time. Lance, as usual, impressive cutting! I heard that apart from green bamboo, acrylic cement, if shaped, is a possible bone substitute. Maybe if you can find some and shape it into bones, Lance, they would be more accurate? Welcome back Croccifixio, it’s been too long.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 11, 2021 12:47:30 GMT
That many layers are impressive indeed. Thanks for watching, pal!
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Post by Croccifixio on Mar 12, 2021 3:08:21 GMT
Hey guys, long time. Lance, as usual, impressive cutting! I heard that apart from green bamboo, acrylic cement, if shaped, is a possible bone substitute. Maybe if you can find some and shape it into bones, Lance, they would be more accurate? Welcome back Croccifixio, it’s been too long. Hey pgandy! Glad to see you still holding up the fort at the Other Asian Swords forum :) Lance I noticed you are no longer at your famous rooftop. Did you move?
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 12, 2021 6:12:28 GMT
Welcome back Croccifixio, it’s been too long. Hey pgandy! Glad to see you still holding up the fort at the Other Asian Swords forum :) Lance I noticed you are no longer at your famous rooftop. Did you move? moved years ago in 2018. kicked out of the place by management company.
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Post by Croccifixio on Mar 12, 2021 6:17:41 GMT
Wow I've been gone for that long? Coincided with my new job, I think.
Hope things are ok in HK, and that you continue to get people interested in swords over there!
On a related topic to this post, do you notice any difference in cutting ability between a Dha style blade and the liuyedao style blades?
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 12, 2021 7:52:59 GMT
Wow I've been gone for that long? Coincided with my new job, I think. Hope things are ok in HK, and that you continue to get people interested in swords over there! On a related topic to this post, do you notice any difference in cutting ability between a Dha style blade and the liuyedao style blades? I think you meant a recurved hilt style. I plan to do a video lesson for my students about that just today! So you're on topic. With a recurved hilt, there's more room for the back hand / hand to move the sword before it has to come to a stop. It will hit with more power, but less drag. With a dha style single curvature sword, the hand will come to the stop earlier and the tip of the sword would not hit as deep, but with more drag in the cut. From my experience, both kinds of sword cut very well (better than straight sword quite significantly), but both cut well with different reasons. And the single curvature one will theoretically do better on soft yet resisting targets, like fabric covered ones, while the recurved hilt one will do good on harder target. In practical, we tested both kind of swords on fabric covered targets with hard core and both do equally well. The recurved one will hit the target sooner than the single curvature one, though.
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Post by Croccifixio on Mar 12, 2021 9:43:40 GMT
So the difference would be somewhat academic, being equally effective at realistic targets? I ask because I had always wanted a Dha, and plan to commission one or a 2-handed recurve hilted style dao (had one before that I miss terribly). This will make the decision a bit easier.
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