Sori

[Mark C]

Hi All,

 

Reading various books and looking at details of different schools etc and it has raised one question.

 

Is there any measurement references for the amount of Sori on blades

 

For example: if a blade has a Shallow Sori, what would the measurement parameters be

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

Many thanks

 

Mark C

[Ted Tenold]

Mark,

 

There's really no hard fast rule on what is shallow or deep as expressed in a lineal measurement. It could not be applied so simply because of different lengths.

 

A katana of 28 inches and 3/8ths inche sori would look vastly different from a 19 inch wakizashi with the same 3/8ths inch sori. Conversly, so would a 36 inch tachi. So really what "deep" or "shallow" are an expression of is coexists in relation to the length of the particular sword. A more accurate way to assess this would be expressed as: sori as a percentage of length, which would scale things differently and more in line with what you are trying to similate. However, again there is no hard fast rule of mathmatical expression and it is based on the overall visual form of the sword.

[Mark C]

Thanks Ted,

 

I should have guessed it wouldn't be that easy :D

 

Regards

 

Mark