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Hi @ROKUJURO and thanks for Your reply! To answer Your question, of course not, they are two different things!

@Bruce Pennington "This has been a great read!!!" Definitely! I just saved an offline copy of the thread

@mas4t0 I think I will start approaching you as an encyclopedia. Thank you for the explanation, I will reserve the right to read with due concentration what you have written. It is not a speed-reading thing

If we are talking about deadly objects, even a baseball bat or a stone thrown at the head can kill. Even if you drown yourself while eating you die.... I haven't seen it because I signed up yesterday

Thanks Thank you for the explanation. You killed me with the last example

Hi Mark, The point is that It had started as a joke of mine about the question "what would you bring if you were in the Middle Ages?" and I replied "a Nihonto, so whoever disturbs me I can slice him up" (obviously written ironically)... The guy replied "Nihontos suck," and that's where the discussion started. But I really don't think they sucked so much that they couldn't kill a man

Hi Colin, Yeah I agree, absolutely pointless. But I opened the discussion because I am not informed about the forging technique and materials of an ancient Nihonto, so I wanted an expert opinion

Hi and thanks for Your reply, Could You please elaborate more? Do you mean that Nihontos, being light swords, were more fragile because of this? Are the current traditional Nihontos more solid?

Hello everyone, I had a discussion with a person who stated that "Nihontos suck as swords", and more specifically: Would someone kindly be able to explain to me if there is any truth to these claims? Thank you