I too a katana. Actually, if I keep wanting, I will have to eventually make one. I already know a blacksmith who I can learn from, but this project is years away.
hmm, an s grind katana, would be interesting to see a demo of that.
At $75, it's worst than a toy if you want to do some real cutting, the handle is just a welded rat-tail. It's downright dangerous to the wielder! See how they are made here.
[video=youtube;Ax5H9PSf9g8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5H9PSf9g8[/video]
I only know that modern products like 1055 Cold Steel are way more tougher than the traditional, differentially hardened katana, and is like 10 times cheaper.
much more than 10x cheaper in reality... if you think $6-10k will buy you a real, well made katana, you're in for a surprise.
Have the prices gone up much in the last decade or so? That price range used to land a reasonably decent piece in simple mountings and polish. Mukansa and top award winner stuff was a lot more, of course, but there were quite a few decent values under 10k. Could be different now, though.
Collectors really inflate values at the top end...when I was into it, it wasn't uncommon to see unmounted blades in the >35k range (for tachi), especially because they also tended to seek out the top polishers. Of course a general appreciator of weaponry or martial artist shouldn't be looking at the Yoshihara bros or Amada Akitsugu anyway.i may be mistaken, but the only sword smith i know personally is a mukansa... the prices of his work blow my mind... even at half of that, youre still above $10k easily
i may be mistaken, but the only sword smith i know personally is a mukansa... the prices of his work blow my mind... even at half of that, youre still above $10k easily
Please help because he won't make any more sword videos until he gets another one.
You mean - you want your son to continue trying to cut off his finger?
You mean - you want your son to continue trying to cut off his finger?
ECG 2015
[video=youtube;Kb8P6Sq9PDU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8P6Sq9PDU[/video]
So that is your demo next year at my house? Do I need to have you sign a waiver? LOL
Authentic Katana is only for collection, way too expensive to be used for real! And too rough handling will bend and chip the blade, as in Japanese kitchen knives, since they are made from the same stuff and technique.
Actually the construction and the materials of katana is quite different than kitchen knives . In forged kitchen knives you will see sanmai: core steel wrapped in soft cladding or honyaki : monosteel differential heat treated. Real Katana will have a hard steel on the outside for cutting edge and softer steel in the center to give toughness and flexibility . There is many variations of it but this is the most common version. The steel used for katana is tamagahane which will not be used in kitchen knives .Only similarity I see with kitchen knives is hamon like you will see in honyaki blades
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