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Topic	Longsword vs Katana
darkknight109 02/13/18 2:21:47 PM #39:	Babbit55 posted... Yes, some arrows could pierce plate, though not "easily" Just ask the French. Sure it could. Youtube is loaded with videos of people shooting holes in plate mail. Here's the first one I came up with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCE40J93m5c I went to a demo many years ago where a professional archer using a period-authentic bow fired 40 arrows in under a minute at a breast plate hung on the wall and the arrows went straight through it. Babbit55 posted... please point out my misinformation though Mostly it was the stuff I've already gone through - stuff like a tsuba not being a true cross-guard, or the particulars of how the blade operates. Honestly, having done kendo myself, one of my frustrations with the art in its modern incarnation is it spends a lot of time with shinai and very little with actual blades. Hence my recommendation to add iaido into your training if you're into swords - iaido focuses a lot more on using the sword itself rather than a stand-in. Of course, iaido has its own drawbacks, namely that most schools spend almost no time on two-person exercises or target practice - you really do need both arts to fully understand how a katana operates. Babbit55 posted... You agree the mats were crap, and better at cutting with softer, easy to break blades As a metallurgist, I can tell you that even shitty ore can be made into a decent final product (and vice versa). Don't be so quick to write off katanas as "softer and easier to break", because in many cases that was not the case (Japanese ore may have been awful compared to its European equivalents, but their smithing techniques were leagues ahead). --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:896012457] in Longsword ... [t:76314402]...</cite> <quote><cite>Babbit55 posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, some arrows could pierce plate, though not "easily" Just ask the French. </quote> Sure it could. Youtube is loaded with videos of people shooting holes in plate mail. Here's the first one I came up with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCE40J93m5c I went to a demo many years ago where a professional archer using a period-authentic bow fired 40 arrows in under a minute at a breast plate hung on the wall and the arrows went straight through it. <cite>Babbit55 posted...</cite> <quote>please point out my misinformation though</quote> Mostly it was the stuff I've already gone through - stuff like a tsuba not being a true cross-guard, or the particulars of how the blade operates. Honestly, having done kendo myself, one of my frustrations with the art in its modern incarnation is it spends a lot of time with shinai and very little with actual blades. Hence my recommendation to add iaido into your training if you're into swords - iaido focuses a lot more on using the sword itself rather than a stand-in. Of course, iaido has its own drawbacks, namely that most schools spend almost no time on two-person exercises or target practice - you really do need both arts to fully understand how a katana operates. <cite>Babbit55 posted...</cite> <quote>You agree the mats were crap, and better at cutting with softer, easy to break blades</quote> As a metallurgist, I can tell you that even shitty ore can be made into a decent final product (and vice versa). Don't be so quick to write off katanas as "softer and easier to break", because in many cases that was not the case (Japanese ore may have been awful compared to its European equivalents, but their smithing techniques were leagues ahead). --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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