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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 2, 2024 17:35:25 GMT
From a technical standpoint, this would be crazy hard. (IMO) But wouldn't the stool cause potential issues with the sword? Breakage etc? I need to mash paper and try this  |
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Post by izzy on May 2, 2024 18:27:35 GMT
No...the closest I came to that is cutting Citrus Medica (Var. Yemenite) in the air with a Condor Tactical Gladius...the fruit is all peel ( no fruit juice cells) but ripe and large not quite as hard as the smaller ones. and the sword was/is factory edge. ( Edit) Yes, that cut in the video would be hard on the sword, but most likely less damaging than these swords took in actual combat.
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Post by mrstabby on May 2, 2024 19:23:46 GMT
I have, with a knife though. Needs a hair whittling edge, or very close to it. And such an edge won't survive undamaged. Likely will fold over or chip off, depending on steel and hardness. Although, depending on impact angle, the hardness of wood and of the blade (soft wood and hard blade with a 90° impact) it could actually come out pretty much undamaged.
EDIT: I have to somewhat revise my sharpness estimation, I have done it with catalogue paper which is very thin, much easier to do with printer paper of 80g/cm2, heavier means easier. The blade would need to glide through the paper relatively silently when testing the sharpness on the target paper beforehand. Also you need to hit the crease, at least at the beginning. As soon as the first few mm are cut, it's much easier.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on May 2, 2024 19:24:30 GMT
Doing it with speed is easier than these slow speed cut because of the lack of velocity and giving the paper a chance to flop.
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Post by LeMal on May 2, 2024 20:01:12 GMT
"Unfixed" is a wee bit of a misnomer, physically speaking (uber-challenging as what's shown in the vid no doubt is). But if it's resting on a firm surface and you're cutting down toward that surface, it is supported. (And the fold necessary to make it stand up helps in that too).
Don't forget, qua board and brick breaking etc, the "martial arts" world is full of a few "magic tricks." ;)
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Post by mrstabby on May 2, 2024 20:18:09 GMT
I just tried with my printer paper, barely shaving sharp is enough, if you go fast even less. Biggest problems are not well folded paper and the corner of the paper curling over. Although it likely has also to do with edge geometry, a single continuous bevel (like Katana) works better than something with a secondary bevel.
Some use free hanging paper, I found this much more challenging.
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Post by frankthetank on May 2, 2024 22:28:03 GMT
Wrapping paper count?
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Post by erichusayn on May 2, 2024 22:38:04 GMT
Cut and thrust in fact. Both halves on the one.
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Post by erichusayn on May 2, 2024 22:41:58 GMT
And phone book, paper, one handed...
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Post by frankthetank on May 2, 2024 22:48:29 GMT
And phone book, paper, one handed... I'd say that's about as unfixed as it gets brother |
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Post by erichusayn on May 2, 2024 23:07:53 GMT
And with a deep sori katana 1.5 inches...
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