Ah well, I knew there'd be a down side.wtf? wrote: and bad words coming from my mouth, to my keyboard. dont do it man... it aint worth it.

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Mos wrote: ill say it again Americans
Simoriax wrote: well what do you know, i love americans!![]()
:tut: trying to bend the rules will not go down well :tut:Oni no Tengu wrote:2 of the references are from American websites that sell swords, I have read the rules of the forum that request you don't post links to competitors websites, but since these sites are american then I'm hoping the admin will let these "slide" just the once.
This is about the PC Orchid, the very same one that is on the blades site and I can categorically state that it is not folded thousands of times and that this is a mistake by whoever wrote that site. Where it says "folds" it should say "layers". I.e. 9 or 10 actual folds.Oni no Tengu wrote:Scroll down to where it says "Orchid Daisho"
and it reads "The folded steel blades are made from imported Swiss steel and even though they are highly polished, the nearly 1,000 folds it takes to make this blade are visible".
That's what it says. Not really anything to go on there.Oni no Tengu wrote: Lastly a glossary of sword terms...
Scroll down to katana where it reads...
Traditional long sword of the samurai constructed through the folding and refolding of a bar of hot metal thousands of times.
And that's your opinion. Trying to pass it off as part of the quote? :tut:Oni no Tengu wrote:While most Katana may have been folded upto 25 times, but usually less, Some Katana were folded upto 1000 times.
This constant folding distributed the carbon more evenly alongside its length producing different areas of weakness, strength, flexibility etc.
It also removed air pockets and other stress's that could cause a finished blade to shatter, snap or break upon impact with a target.
There may be such a sword but it would be a purely decorational item. Not used and certainly not the norm as I believe you were implying in your previous post.Oni no Tengu wrote:I'll try and find the reference to that particular 1000 folded blade that now resides in the tokyo museum, But without my books and a being able to specifically remember the exact details, I'm just going off what I remembered when I read the book 20 years ago.
Oni no Tengu wrote:While most Katana may have been folded upto 25 times, but usually less, Some Katana were folded upto 1000 times.
This constant folding distributed the carbon more evenly alongside its length producing different areas of weakness, strength, flexibility etc.
It also removed air pockets and other stress's that could cause a finished blade to shatter, snap or break upon impact with a target.
wtf? wrote: and im sure theres a word for that many numbers.
5318008Wtf wrote: and you can stick that sword up your arse, chief
Oni no Tengu wrote:Or performing side kicks or other martial arts moves, or how about a forward or backward roll to escape the blow of a sword...er! never! I think.
Jesus t*tty f*cking Christ, earth calling Oni, come in Oni!Oni no Tengu wrote:There are even reliable sources in japan that have stated that some katana's have cut through as many as 17 human torso's stacked on top of each other (as this was the preferred testing method for katana cutting in feudal japan).
If this is the crap you believe then you will surely burn in hell, from all the flaming you will receive in here. Go learn from a teacher, not a dumb book.Oni No Tengu wrote:Anyway...I started to train with the Ninja-to, from what I'd read, lots of experts in kenjutsu and iaido had stated that learning to draw the sword from its scabbard or saya, was the hardest thing to do, since an incorrect draw could cut straight through the saya and slice into your hand.
Angelus... apologies for stepping in after you locked it but I gotta set this right.Oni no Tengu wrote:There are even reliable sources in japan that have stated that some katana's have cut through as many as 17 human torso's stacked on top of each other (as this was the preferred testing method for katana cutting in feudal japan).
Yet again I stand to correct you...Oni no Tengu wrote:(as this was the preferred testing method for katana cutting in feudal japan).