Didn't your mom tell you not to play with knives?

[GT98]

http://www.nihonto.ca/Knives.mpeg

[Jon P. Inghram]

Looks like they should have spent more of their budget on hardening the blade instead of sharpening it.

[Tjalfe]

I think the problem is that they hardened it too much to the point where it was brittle as glass.. must have hurt

[Marshmallowman]

The link is now dead

[SitFlyer]

Here's another link for it:

http://www.jinxco.net/movies/Knives.mpeg

[Elie]

Very funny, well first off...

1-The cost for a practice Katana is well over $500, so the Katana they are selling for $44.0 must be made out the cheapest metal in the world.

2-You never EVER strike a desk with a Katana! They are meant to cut soft objects like bamboo, or the human body

Eventually I will be taking Iaido, and will buy a good Katana for roughly $700.00

The real ones cost anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 and sold only in Japan!

Regards,
Elie

[Chrono_Wanderer]

2-You never EVER strike a desk with a Katana! They are meant to cut soft objects like bamboo, or the human body

Well, that seems like a real Katana Cutting human body

[Brian R.]

I wonder what he was going to say after "The nice thing about these practice katanas is that..."

How about - "...you can chop wood with them all day and they still hold their edge"?

or "...they never break"?

[Sasq]

Just one shop here http://www.japansword.co.jp/

[Brian R.]

I didn't see prices on the swords in the Main Exhibits area. (Ancient swords). Are there asking prices listed?

[Sasq]

I think the Exhibits are part of the museum, they would have ancient ones for sale, but it would be an ask, and get a small peice of paper with many zeros after the first number situation.

[Marshmallowman]

They are meant to cut soft objects like bamboo, or the human body

ehh and the body contains bones?

I do think a proper one would chop through a desk, not that any sane owner of one would do it, unless hes in a Ninja fight with a particularly beligerant desk.

The proper one's are made by coldrolling iron and various addatives(alloys), I think a decent reproduction one has to cost at *least* $1000.

I do believe some of the very best have been folded at least 100 times, that is a very time consuming and specialised process.

The one in that ad is just some polished diecast krap.

[DukeP]

Id actually far prefer a spanish made long or broadsword.

10 times the strenght, much better metalogy.

Then again, blades in Europe HAD to be strong - we did after all fight against armored opponents.
(Imagine making an armor out of polished and laquered bamboo??)


~~DukeP~~

[Technoid]

ROFL
That's a reason for not broadcasting those kinds of shows live

[Wombat]

Originally posted by DukeP
Id actually far prefer a spanish made long or broadsword.

10 times the strenght, much better metalogy.

I don't know about that. Heavy, blunt swords they were. And certainly no Damascus steel.