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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
No, the clown isn't the one that states 'steel is steel'....
 right back at ya.
Steel is most definitely not steel. Even if the same steel is used in two blades, the forging and folding process itself can yield wildly differing levels of quality.
Thunar: Well since you said it yourself that you wouldn't read the article I don' know why you comment on it.
Someone should probably point that out to your 'expert'.
Thunar:If you would read the article you would see what he is talking about, and ahh yes what of your "expert" ah yes the local blacksmith at the local Ren. Faire that gave you the 30lbs blade in which you thought was a true repro. of a medevial weapon that would be used by a knight. I find it funny that for someone that is in to swords would not of heard these people.
PS: The long bladed curved Katana is called a Daito. I mixed up my terminology. My bad. A choku-To and a Daito are both Katanas however. The only difference is that one has a curved blade, and one has a straight blade. A 'Ninja-To' is a sword of which no historical examples exist(leading one to believe they never existed at all), but there are existing examples of Choku-To Katanas. |
Thunar: Actually Daito means longsword in which the you can call Tachi a Daito too but Choko is not a long sword and its time was way before the 15th century and the correct term for a ninja sword is either Ninja-ken or shinobigatana and the word Katana itself is more recent word and I won't say modern because I can't remember when it came into being but I know its recent.
PS. On your sword collection you said you have a katana from WW2 you better find out what you really have because those blades 98% were stamped steel if you have that its no biggy but if you have one either made the old fashion way or a family heirloom that got lost you could have some major cash.