Functional Handforged Japanese sword section, Are they Good?

[Mellony]

Cleaning it properly afterwards was a pita

Pita (as in bread)?!? Is that the forums auto swear word replacement thingy? If so, what on earth was the original word lol?

[Moon]

Cleaning it properly afterwards was a pita

Pita (as in bread)?!? Is that the forums auto swear word replacement thingy? If so, what on earth was the original word lol?

- pain in the arse.

[the blade master]

accordiding to the blademaster book on swear words its P I T A==== PAIN IN THE A**E (DERRYAIR) LOL

christ you got to be quick posting around here aint you moon

[Mellony]

You learn something new every day....

[Spring Forest]

Lol bet you worked up some negative karma while chopping the plants is that the deluxe folded koto katana?

Au contraire my friend, the Sorbus Aucuparia is a bit like the women around Esher, it responds well to a bit of rough handling.

It's the Purple Ito ( does what it says etc. ) http://blades-uk.com/search_results.php?q=purple+ito... about as cheap as they come, but a surprisingly well put together sword at that sort of price ~ a good first sword which I would recommend to anyone. That said I'm looking forward to taking delivery of the Hanwei Raptor that Lawrence has just emailed me to say is on its' way.

[Geordie Ross]

Ahh I see, the last purple Ito I remember was a strait "ninja" sword
Never noticed the samurai version before, it's quite nice

[Dotanuki2K]

Lol bet you worked up some negative karma while chopping the plants is that the deluxe folded koto katana?

Au contraire my friend, the Sorbus Aucuparia is a bit like the women around Esher, it responds well to a bit of rough handling.

He still doesn't get it.
If you don't tell him, he never will.

[Dotanuki2K]

Sigh,...................
Trimming trees with a katana.
Eating yellow snow.
Neither will kill you.
But, not really something to admit to, or brag about.

[Spring Forest]

Sigh,...................
Trimming trees with a katana.
Eating yellow snow.
Neither will kill you.
But, not really something to admit to, or brag about.

Oh come on, have you seen the cr@p on YouTube? One daft afternoon has to be allowed.

[the blade master]

one afternoon of daftnes no chance
not when you see some pillock trying to cut
throught the biggest cow bone ive ever seen
with a katana then he wonders why it snapped
all this in the presence of his kids who are only
feet away thats something we dont need ever
i hate to think what would have happend had
the piece that snapped of hit one of those children

[Spring Forest]

one afternoon of daftnes no chance
not when you see some pillock trying to cut
throught the biggest cow bone ive ever seen
with a katana then he wonders why it snapped
all this in the presence of his kids who are only
feet away thats something we dont need ever
i hate to think what would have happend had
the piece that snapped of hit one of those children

Mind blowing... children, cats, dogs, beautiful women... and unsheathed steel? Not an equation, is it?

[the blade master]

you got that right theres no end to human stupidity

[Dotanuki2K]

That vid made me cringe for sure. But I for one ( sans kids of course) will forgive a man a moment of daftness.

Yes, and after all this time, I'M STILL ON YOU ABOUT YOURS !!!
Especially since unlike SF here, you knew better.

Let me explain.
Among practitioners of the sword arts and serious collectors, triming trees with a katana shows serious disrespect for your blade. Actually you shouldn't trim trees with any kind of sword, but with a katana it is even more of an offense due to the respect shown to the blade in the sword arts.
In reality, it shows an ignorance of knowledge toward bladed weapons.

[Spring Forest]

That vid made me cringe for sure. But I for one ( sans kids of course) will forgive a man a moment of daftness.

Yes, and after all this time, I'M STILL ON YOU ABOUT YOURS !!!
Especially since unlike SF here, you knew better.

Let me explain.
Among practitioners of the sword arts and serious collectors, triming trees with a katana shows serious disrespect for your blade. Actually you shouldn't trim trees with any kind of sword, but with a katana it is even more of an offense due to the respect shown to the blade in the sword arts.
In reality, it shows an ignorance of knowledge toward bladed weapons.

I don't know what the hell you are talking about. Video what?
I'm living a 1000 years of Norman moopoo. [ I'm Irish ]... hoping to get adopted by the local chip shop owner.

[Geordie Ross]

What's a Spackle? Loo