aznriptide859 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 That is a man's man. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 He's a bloody girl. I saw him wearing a glove in some scenes. The big girl. Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Swear I could here 'power puff girls' in the back ground . . . . Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I watched a video the other day where a guy took a meteorite and made damascus out of it, then combined that with a chunk of railway track for the edge and made a sword. The finished sword wasn't quite my style, but it was cool as hell to watch. Link to post Share on other sites
Pdubyuh Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Anyone making blades is always good to watch, watching the making of a traditional Nihonto is quite something! I'm sure there's a better vid but this is ok, but 3 days at the forge just to smelt the steel! Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 He's a girl too. I read an article recently how traditional Japanese sword makers will spend days forging steel into something decent, where you can buy far higher grade from a foundry for way less time and money. Apparently it's all *badger*s too about 'folding a blade 1000's of times' etc! I know that's not the point, and I'm a fan of old customs and ways, but it did make you think a bit Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Yup. The folding and time spent was necessary to make it workable because of their inferior metallurgy. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I thought it was all about the heat of the forge. But then again, all my weapon making knowledge comes from Skyrim. Link to post Share on other sites
Pdubyuh Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Its the Japanese way, they like to do it their way, look at bows for example, they use a really large asymmetric bow, they came into contact and fought with the Mongols who had much more efficient compound bows, did the Japanese pick one up and copy the technology, hell no they carried on using the traditional bow. "We will continue to use the bows we know and we will practice with them until our technique is perfect!" Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Have you seen the other ones they've done? There's a bloody lovely axe and a massive bloody chisel (framing/chasing chisel, maybe?). It's just lovely. Also, with regards to steel, the thousand layers folding COULD have been useful, if they proper norse'd it up and folded it around a centre of harder steel, creating a laminated/damascus blade. The idea of that is to have a 'softer' more flexible main part of blade, with the edge being made from stupendously hard (and as such, brittle) steel, which would cut better and hold an edge longer. Side product of that is the awesome aesthetics you can get from damascus. And have a look at pattern welding, too. That craps crazy. Link to post Share on other sites
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