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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 22:13:30 GMT
Congrats digs on your 1st nihonto.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 22:00:14 GMT
Thanks for the reply Sonny - don't have to rush home from work now!
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 19:43:43 GMT
As far as I can remember (at work, so don't have access to my Malatesta), the fittings on it are made out of mild steel, not SS... I'll check after work and report back when I get a chance.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 16:49:42 GMT
Thanks. I was just curious. +1 on the practice and form though. I remember reading (I think it was on here) about some guy who said he cut his hand as the sword had cut through the saya. So I was thinking maybe thats what I was doing, starting to angle the sword ( my 28 in swords, not the ko kats) before I had it completely out of the saya and the drag of the sword rubbing that last couple of inches of saya was throwing me off. Doug That was actually on the SBG Facebook page - he was incredibly lucky not to have done worse damage to his hand, and has publicly said (on FB) how he should not have attempted the cut, especially since the koiguchi on his saya was missing and/or cracked. Draw cutting takes lots of practice, especially with a sword with longer nagasa, which means that the person has to use more saya biki in order for the technique to work properly. I don't have a KO-katana, but have successfully done draw cuts on single and double roll tatami omote with a few of my katana ranging from 27" to 29" nagasa, but like I said, saya biki is of great importance.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 3:37:28 GMT
It cut reasonably well, but is/was better suited for harder targets imho. It cut the double roll OK, though I did have to use more force than my Munetoshi Tessen, seeing as the Tessen, while it has some hira-niku, has way less than ths Shinto katana. I felt like I had to "power though" the targets with more hip rotation instead of just letting the blade do most of the work. The Shinto katana could have easily split bamboo imho, but I didn't have any, plus even if I did, I didn't want to potentially damage the sword with a hard target anyway.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 3:05:58 GMT
so, how many checked out the incredibly beautiful sword by Go Yoshihiro I posted?
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 2:55:26 GMT
I've used it (with the newer tsuka with leather ito - the original tsuka is badly cracked) for Iaido a few times, and cut a double roll of tatami only once before sending it off to the shinsa. I don't plan on cutting anything other than air with it from now on though since it's much more valuable now than before sending it off to get judged. I was saving up some $ to have it professionally polished to get rid of some minor blemishes/a couple of tiny nicks on the kissaki, but have had set-backs, so that's going to have to wait.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 2:14:42 GMT
I added one more pic that lists the sword's stats from the original listing a few years prior to my buying it from another person.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 1:52:08 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 14, 2015 1:41:00 GMT
My favorite smith behind Masamune is Go Yoshihiro - here's a link to one of his exquisite blades: Go Yoshihiro katana prepare to drool all over your computer/electronic device
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 13, 2015 17:27:27 GMT
Thanks for the review.
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furnace !
Jan 13, 2015 16:52:45 GMT
via mobile
Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 13, 2015 16:52:45 GMT
Brilliant - I started following their channel on YouTube. One thing to be careful about though that wasn't covered in the vid is that you have to be careful of the fumes (aluminum or otherwise) - you can get very sick from aluminum/other kinds of fumes. There was a recycling center near where I lived - recycled/smelted aluminum cans into ingots until the EPA shut them down since they weren't using air scrubbers. My grandfather used to smelt lead from recycled batteries up until the early 70's, that is, until he got lead poisoning. He ended up getting what dr's could only guess as Alheimer's later in life, except that the progression was so agonizingly slow compared to a regular Alheimer's patient - he slowly lost cognitive abilities over a course of a decade. My family still believe it was due to the lead poisoning, not truly Alzheimer's. Just thought I'd point that out.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 12, 2015 23:40:05 GMT
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 12, 2015 17:04:53 GMT
Wow... Fantastic find! Thanks for the info.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 11, 2015 23:12:22 GMT
welcome to the forum
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 11, 2015 16:55:30 GMT
I started looking around after your post, and it seems the helmet is discontinued by Windlass ( lost the movie rights). There are a few online sellers that still have stock, but are getting harder and harder to find - good luck finding one.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 11, 2015 14:58:01 GMT
That looks excellent - waiting on your custom scabbard reveal now.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 11, 2015 13:52:55 GMT
+1 virtual karma AND a few stars added to your account (that is, if I had the power to do so which I don't)
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 11, 2015 5:00:50 GMT
Very elegant design and execution. Great job as usual Josh, love the blue ito and all the customizations you did to the sword, saya, etc.. Wakizan, William M made a tutorial a while back about wrapping a saya with rattan - you can see the tutorial here: How to wrap a saya with rattan Edit: according to Josh, the link I posted has a few differences when it comes to the way he does the rattan inlays... hopefully, Josh will add a tutorial on his website about his method.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jan 10, 2015 14:03:05 GMT
Aurélien, I hope you get to tour their shop - that would definitely be awesome! Random, thanks for the link... really enjoyable to look at the behind the scenes at Citadel, even though it was from several years ago.
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