"The Katana and Asian Swordsmithing vs the world" Topic
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| Koxinga | 04 Apr 2019 8:57 p.m. PST |
Just an article on the Katana in the context of Asian swordsmithing and the rest of the world link |
| langobard | 05 Apr 2019 1:58 a.m. PST |
An interesting read. I don't know enough about the topic, but am always glad to learn more, because lets face it, we all love swords :) Thanks for sharing! |
| Lion in the Stars | 08 Apr 2019 4:21 p.m. PST |
One oddity about the katana is that it remained in continuous use as a combat blade from somewhere around 1000AD (or earlier!) clear up until 1650. From then until 1870, it was the weapon of the ruling class, then it returned to being a combat blade of the officer class in the military. By the time westerners bumped into katanas, in the very late 1400s or early 1500s, the westerners were using rapiers. Not much contest between the two, a rapier has about a 4ft reach advantage over a katana, maybe more. This means that our insulted Samurai is almost guaranteed to get keyholed by that rapier before the samurai gets close enough to take the offending European's head. To win, the samurai would have to know that the European blade needs to be treated much more like a spear than a sword. |
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looks at a multi-period building.