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Which Katana do you use?


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I'm looking at the Practical Plus from Paul Chen, and the Cold Steel Warrior Katana -

 

Which Katana do you use for Tameshigiri?

 

Why?

 

Which to avoid? Why?

 

Thanks in advance for the feedback -

All the best,


John

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Avoid Stainless steel blades. The molecular structure of stainless makes it more ap to failing.

 

....what? :-? Could you explain this further?

"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill

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Stainless steel is too brittle for swordsmanship, be it solo or paired work. If a sword made of 440 stainless steel comes into contact with anything too hard (like a tameshigiri wara or another sword) it breaks. Simple as that.

 

http://www.killsometime.com/Video/VideoIndex.asp Scroll down this page and click on the link captioned "Wanna Buy A Katana" . You'll see how damn brittle these things can be.

 

The poor guy demonstrating the toughness of the blade gets a bellyfull. LITERALLY!

Regards,


-Steve Delaney


The methods of war become the methods of peace.

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I don't personally use a katana anymore, but my wife uses a custom-forged sword. Costs a pretty penny to get a sword worth having, IMHO.

"let those who shed blood with me be forever known as my brother."

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Hehehehehe,

 

and yea,i agree withGstrowes, my Prac-Plus is a good sword for cutting, it hasnt failed one cut yet, its just a tedious job to clean.

 

Osu.

"We did not inherit this earth from our parents.

We are borrowing it from our children."

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