Barrett Hiebert Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 Forumites, Do any of you have any recommendation for a preferably electronic scale that I should get for measurement of nihonto? Thought I should ask here. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Barrett Hiebert Quote
nulldevice Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 A kitchen scale with a microfiber cloth to protect the blade would work great 1 Quote
Barrett Hiebert Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 Thanks for the reply Chandler (nulldevice). Much appreciated. Quote
cluckdaddy76 Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 I would suggest not getting a cheap one off a site like Amazon, my experience is that they are very unreliable. You don't need to break the bank either unless you are looking for precise weights on menuki. My suggestion is a decent Ohaus that meets your needs. I have an Ohaus that was maybe $50 and it is going strong at 10+ years old. Jason Quote
Barrett Hiebert Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 Jason, Thanks for the reply. I shall keep all that you say in mind when purchasing. Barrett Quote
b.hennick Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 Make sure that it can measure a large healthy sword as well as a seppa. I found an accurate kitchen scale that measures metric as well as ounces and pounds. Quote 1 Quote
Schneeds Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 Easy way to confirm accuracy: a nickel weighs 5 grams. 1 Quote
Scogg Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 12 minutes ago, Schneeds said: Easy way to confirm accuracy: a nickel weighs 5 grams. Yes, but beware, this is true only for USA nickels. I'm pretty familiar with scales, because I use them constantly at work. For anything "sword weight" I think any highly rated kitchen scale, drug scale, or jewelry scale will be sufficient. You will want something where the weighing surface stands higher than the plastic casing and readout area. Chandlers advice with a microfiber is good; but make sure nothing being weighed is contacting anything other than the weighing surface. May I ask, why you want to weigh your swords? Is it just an additional data point, or is there information to be gleaned from the steel's weight? Just curious, Cheers, -Sam Quote
ROKUJURO Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 I wonder how SAMURAI measured the weight of their blades...... Quote
Tohagi Posted Tuesday at 04:01 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:01 PM When their arms are painfully tired they say: too heavy ! Quote
Stephen Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM When I was mailing packages and swords I used this, balancing the middle of it and it was only an ounce or less difference a the post office when they put on her scale 1 Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted Tuesday at 07:02 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 07:02 PM Hi Jean I wonder how SAMURAI measured the weight of their blades...... https://www.nippon.c...n/Japan-data/h01561/ Quote
David Flynn Posted Tuesday at 07:55 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 07:55 PM Ask your local drug dealer. Quote
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