Stephen Posted May 23, 2015 Report Posted May 23, 2015 Check background for the togi bending the blades back to straight ...first ol boy in white....hope these are Iai blades as they take a beating on that block. Quote
Fuuten Posted May 25, 2015 Report Posted May 25, 2015 This makes me wonder why they don't use a vertical strawbundle.. Still seems like quite a crude way, and its not like they're testing the blades till they are destroyed so why the hard block? Quote
Brian Posted May 25, 2015 Report Posted May 25, 2015 Makes me queasy watching it. And I get the feeling those are not modern blades... Yes, that guy straightening the blade makes me I know they probably know what they are doing and are experts, but it still doesn't make me feel better about it. Brian Quote
Stephen Posted May 25, 2015 Report Posted May 25, 2015 Think its the head cut that their doing , Brian a Japanese fellow was looking at a sword on table next to mine, did what the guy did in video, the seller was Pd off as he was walking away, I told him to check that bend that was holding up sales, yep dead straight. It sold later that day, guess its how its done on the fly. Quote
Jussi Ekholm Posted May 25, 2015 Report Posted May 25, 2015 The stand is usually soft wood, and it seems there is also bit of a cushion between stand & target in this video. They are practicing/displaying horizontal cutting of makiwara. If a sword would be severely damaged in a cut like that I would think it as a poor sword. Hitting soft wood should not be devastating to a sword. 2 Quote
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