it confuses me when he says the cutting edge of the blade needs to be harder than steel...but I thought it was steel??? Steel rapped around iron right?
@LegendaryDGMNfan swords like this cost thousands of dollars. $300 dollar swords are high quality compared to most of the swords clogging up the market, but compared to ones like this...
@slondavokensteen ....they perform much better. Modern high speed tool steel blades have better ductility, toughness, hardness, and are able to take a finer edge, due to smaller grain structure, and more consistent carbide and martensite disbursement. Tamahagane is a primitive, impure, poor quality steel. Traditional katanas are so expensive because of time requirement, and government control of the Japanese katana market.
@LegendaryDGMNfan Actually a reasonable quality katana costs no less than 1000 dollars. I'm not even talking about the real katanas forged my japanese master smiths. Those cost thousands
@johnub4 i never say (the best) cause that is such a ...black hole type way of thinking.. (cause there IS no best) im sure their was awful samurai too (back then) but yes they WE'RE one of the greatest.. but Knights had their qualities too.. so did many other cultures heroes.. their is alot to admire in our world isnt their? i also love watching info about the Shaolin monks.. but the samurai are one of if not my favorite subjects to learn about :D so yes i agree one of the best..
@johnub4 samurai may or may not be best worlds swordsman (there were a huge number of exceptional good swordsmans) but samurai HAVE best worlds swords.
@Virtue0 There is NO best sword in the world. Each has a given purpose for which it is best but no one can be ''best'' for everything. The Katana is a jack-of-all-trade but it won't do well against more specialised swords.
I wonder what makes you think the Katana is the world's best sword... Because you know, most things that Katanalovers think make it so special and superior was mostly done the same way for example in Europe, and long before Japan. It just has been forgotten... Until recently.
@Railriderchris you are right about no best sword in the world but the highest quality katana and tachi were so much higer than the highest quality blades of other cultures.
Modern bladesmiths in the USA and Europe are making Katana better than some of the traditional blades made in Japan but that is to be expected with high tech information on steel and how to heat treat it for any given task.They are only made by master smiths though
@jadekayak01 I agree that the japanese reached a very high level of bladesmithing. However, other cultures did at least as good. Ever heard of ''pattern welding''? The vikings, saxons and the Celts where making blades just like the japanese, only 1'500 years earlier. Later, medieval Europe invented the Catalan Furnace which made better steel who doesn't requires folding anymore (the precursor of modern steel). In fact the jap. where probably THE LAST to create blades that way. You want links?
@Railriderchris Hi ,Yes I have heard of pattern welding-I do it myself(poorly) and I have heard of the Norse cultures blades,specifically the Sutton Ho sword and the replica made by Jim Hrisolous.I bought his tutorial book on damascus(pattern welding) as a result of the article on the Sutton Ho sword(I can recomend the book but free information is abundant on the web now).The Norse blades were not as good as the Japanese and different in construction,placing emphasis on patterened
low laminate count cores surrounded by high laminate count edge material to achieve a hard cutting edge.
Also Wootz or crucible steel is where it was all supposed to have started with patterned steel only trying to recreate the Wootz.
Now we have blast furnaces,electric arc furnaces,and the knowledge to produce steel with any characteristics wanted and the methods to correctly heat treat the steel to any Rc possible for that steel.We even have hobby classes for both manufacture methods .
@jadekayak01 Well, since you have knowledge i accept your opinion. However i would be interested why you think the japanese blades would be better? They use the basic by just laminating different steels together where the other cultures twisted steel bars, like you said added an edge... I mean, isn't it more sophisticated? Do you think the Saxon, Viking and Celt swordsmith where less meticulous? What gives you that opinion?
@Railriderchris Hi again.The Japanese made tamahagane to get a more even distribution of carbon throughout the billet(some blades had different carbon content billets welded together) as they had no cast steel or steel furnaces.The highest quality blades were better made than other cultures because the Japanese were rather anal about striving for perfection in all endevours.
The Norse cultures used a different approach as patterns were also valued in thier own right.Neither had a more or less
sophisticated process as the forging processes were well mastered by both.
The Japanese chose higher laminate counts and the Norse cultures chose lower laminate count for patterns and flexibility and a smaller quantity of high laminate count(much higher carbon %)for the edges.
Mostly for cost considerations.Raw materials were expensive and scarce(relative to today) and labour is always
expensive.Then there was profit to be made so one could survive.
@jadekayak01 You say ''The Japanese made tamahagane to get a more even distribution of carbon throughout the billet'' which is not the way i've seen it before; For what i knew, the problem of the Tatara oven was like every bloomery oven in Europe which resulted in steel with a varying carbon content and much impurities - a problem who began to be solved in Europe with the Catalan Furnace in the middleages. Wasn't it what the welding of different steels was for, to regulate the carbon (cont)
(cont) a small carbon migration around the weld boundry.Enough welds(i.e. more laminations) and the carbon migration is increased untill an equilibriam is reached when no more laminations will do any good.I also agree on many broken swords during battle but I did say the highest quality of both cultures did not compare.Sometimes a lower quality sword was preferable to no sword and not all smiths were of equal skill or work ethic.Thanks for the link-the blade looked pretty fine but a (cont2)
(cont2) couple or 3 cold shuts in the 1st blow up photo.As for the knife comment you can't compare Japanese weapon smith work to tool or implement smith work-they were just not of the same level(according to the Japanese).most importantantly you must compare the very best of each cultures work and the Japanese work is of the highest standard.This does not deny some of the other work was of average standard and average is average regardless of the culture.I do admit that the Japanese(cont3)
@jadekayak01 (cont) content? I absolutely agree on the japanese's perfectionism. However it is known that during the war times many bad quality sword where made because of the need of swords. So i find it difficult to simply accept that european quality was generally worse. Could you look at a link i'll send you to your Mailbox (Youtube is allergic to links and it's a long one) where a Sax is polished and examinate by japanese? If i recall right they praised the high quality for an utiity knife.
@Railriderchris You are correct about bloomery steel being inconsistent in quality and composition,that is why pieces of the melt were broken off into smaller pieces and examined for quality and discarded by the master smith,then forged into regular sized pieces then welded together.You said "Wasn't it what the welding of different steels was for, to regulate the carbon content".By "regulate" I take it you mean to control or "even out" the carbon distribution.In forge welding there is (cont)
(cont3)dogmatically stuck to an outdated process for making steel while the rest of the world moved on,that is why they got so good at the forge welding and never lost it right up to today.They still have national living treasures that make all manner of artifacts to this date,including swords.
I take it from the link provided that you are German,I'm in New Zealand-sorry I can't read the article but the photos were great Regards John
@jadekayak01 It's interesting to discuss with you :-) Could you provide me some of the material (links, books aso) who gave you the opinion that the european highest standard swordsmithing wasn't on the same level than the japanese? Understand, i'm not doubting what you say, but there are possible interpretations or other reasons why a person comes to a conclusion, and i would like to do my own ;-)
Besides, i'm still incredulously that we can have such a clear statement because there (cont)
@jadekayak01 (cont) still aren't as much european swords of this time found in comparison of the japanese. And with the few research done on the subject and seing how much we discover even now, i really would appreciate if you show me what can already make your statement. (again, no offense intended, it's just nice to learn more on the subject)
In fact i'm from Switzerland, so i have the chance to speak both German and French. But as you can see i still have much to learn in English ;-)
Hi again,here is a link to a site specilizing in blades Hurstwic Viking Swords(you were right about web addresses)
I think the text is also informative.Also a book titled "A GLOSSARY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR and its use in history" is a good reference book if you can access one.The upper case part is correct but the lower case may not be exact.Any good library should be able to point you in the right direction-book is out of print and rare
@jadekayak01 Thank you, a very interesting site with beautiful pictures! I don't really see anything who could provide evidence that the japanese where more skilled, it's rather the opposite and i admire the Norse swordsmith more then before. But whatever, it's not so important after all and i will gladly look at the rest of the site when i have the time.
@johnub4 I think you are wrong. there is no way of knowing, because Samurai never really been tested in battles against real warriors like European Knights, Arabian Knights, the Romans, the Presians Soldiers, and the Mongol Empire. They only fight amog them selfs or against weak china.
@RedStar18 Think there was a show that did a testing on it. Whether the results or real or fake, I think it gives us a good idea of how it the battle would happen.
@Snowyluc Hey, how about doing some research and invest in some smelting furnace <-- if correct some ore pretty cheap and fordging your own weapons, i would find it more gratifying and fun then forking out some cash that somewone else made, just a thought..but hey its your money do with it as you please
during the old times i read that samurai's would actually test their blades on hanging dead people, it said that they can cut a human in half from collar bone to ass
@hawkdlb06 the only thing thats true in what you said is that they would test their swords on corpses however when you mentioned the katanas capability to cut a person in half you were given away by the specific example of the person being cut from the collar bone to the 'ass' which was clearly something that you saw in the katana cutting demonstration that they keep repeating.
@hawkdlb06 I do realize you posted this a year ago but I'm still gonna say it: they were hanging bodies next to one another and the number of bodies cut (ex: 2) would make the sword a "2 bodies sword" in this exemple. It is known that there were even 4 bodies swords = a sword that could cut 4 bodies in one strike. It's truly amazing.
@hawkdlb06 When they tested the blades that's really all they were doing, testing the blade. They used extended handles which improved the cutting power by a lot. It wasn't tested with the original handle length. You'd have to have an immense amount of strength to cut a human body in half without an extended handle. Cutting human bodies in half with a sword is only reserved for fairy tales.
@firefox8192 Depends on the quality, ranges from around 50 dollars to hundreds of thousands. It's mostly determined by the forging process, the polishing, and the ornaments of the hilt and sheath.
7:35 the narrator attaches a mere natural rock the cultural value of his own society, the market economy, by leaving out the origin of the rocks and claiming that they cost a lot, as if the market economy was the only way to get the stones, not mining in a quarry.
Like Edward Said wrote about ex-Colonialist areas in Arabia, this too is a fantasy of the imperialists. Said wrote that the English society sees fantastic things in their colonized cultured, as a symptom or bad conscience. The subtexts and the enormous hype in this film reveal those fantasies of the narrator and his company in England or USA.
only way is to forge it again if it is hand made it depends what type of material it is made out of. if it is a piece of shit stainless steel sword u can bend it with your hands but if its carbon steel /carbon youll have to heat it up and hammer on it i wouldnt suggest doing this though in less you have a experianced sword smith to do it for you
New swords don't cost millions (except maybe if you were paying in rupees). The reason is there are very few sword smiths in Japan that make swords in the historic manner. Plus there are legal limits on how many swords they can make in a year.
Yeah maybe not millions but if you put a bunch of aesthetics to it and have a national treasure level smith make it. Then their is the uniqueness of the sword you wish made, and the willingness of the smith to make it. It might be possible to pass a million.
But I don't know of a blade costing more than 500K US being made today.
They take the blade and fit it into the hilt, it is then held there by a bamboo 'nail' which fits through a circular hole in the tang of the sword. That's what the characteristic 'clink' of the katana comes from.
mario yes the can be purchesed ust contact the sword smith you wish to use and be prepared to pay a lot of money you can also get hand forged swords there not as butifull but they are more afordabale and just as functional and well blanced a lot of western sword smiths can make them normally one thousand to two thousand english ponuds (times the amount by two for american currency)
im sorry but watching the prep work 4 real authentic katana swords just in this documentary I feel, Dantae, youre statement is slightly facetious. maybe it is possible to aquire a katana sword in the west with sum simamlarities but to suggest its as "functional and well balanced" as the weapons forged here is preposterous.
You know, a lot of people don't give credit to the person polishing the blade. Without the polish, the drag on the blade would reduce cutting power, so thanks to the polisher, we have a super sharp edge. Not a lot of people get that. Sure the smith's job is hard, but the final polish requires a lot of work as well.
polisher apprenticeship=10 years! smith=5or6years! The polisher has to know more about shape,history etc to polish the blade the way it was intended. I prefer smithing less headache and back pain.
This was very helpful with my first heat treat. Clay kept falling off the blade during the heat treat.Tried the thin initial coat like what was done @ 3:23 and was successful.Great Video
Modern differentially hardened blades are actually hardened with a cementing clay, it works well, and it does not fall off the blade as easy. Or, some people do this at least.
Yep satanite and apg work wonders...but when you run out you have to improvise a bit. You still have to give it enough time to dry otherwise the air pockets will cause voids in the cement or clay. Turned my suguha hamon into a hitatsura
anyone know were i can get the stuff to make a katana like the steel and the heat treatment supplies
opaldragonmb 2 weeks ago
templars and knights are newb
superkaan11 5 months ago 2
the metallurgist keeps contradicting the narrator!
roglet123 5 months ago 2
it confuses me when he says the cutting edge of the blade needs to be harder than steel...but I thought it was steel??? Steel rapped around iron right?
vulkein 10 months ago
6:10
a shop says in katakana...
"kamera do__"
The video quality sucks so much I can't tell if it says doha/doba/dopa... I think it ends with re, but again... terrible video quality.
TheReasonWhyGuy 11 months ago
im not going to pay 1000$ for a fvcken rock even thow i do like katanas
yoto567 1 year ago
im not going to pay 1000$ for a fvcken rock
yoto567 1 year ago
HD my ass
cmckilla 1 year ago
like i saw the smith put a piece of paper on the metal b4 covering it with the clay n ash....wat happens to it when theyre hammering the metal?
lonleywander 1 year ago
I'd be pretty scared to even touch that sword's edge when polishing...
Iciebleu 1 year ago
Very informative!
FunnyJapanesePranks 1 year ago
without one persons job, the sword wouldnt be worth what it is
ctuagent247 1 year ago
there so well made like this o_0
lebronjamesXD 1 year ago
How are katanas made today? There are still swords made like this but they cost so much money... some swords cost about 300 dollars.
LegendaryDGMNfan 1 year ago
@LegendaryDGMNfan swords like this cost thousands of dollars. $300 dollar swords are high quality compared to most of the swords clogging up the market, but compared to ones like this...
slondavokensteen 1 year ago
@slondavokensteen ....they perform much better. Modern high speed tool steel blades have better ductility, toughness, hardness, and are able to take a finer edge, due to smaller grain structure, and more consistent carbide and martensite disbursement. Tamahagane is a primitive, impure, poor quality steel. Traditional katanas are so expensive because of time requirement, and government control of the Japanese katana market.
RebelWrestler45 1 year ago
@LegendaryDGMNfan Actually a reasonable quality katana costs no less than 1000 dollars. I'm not even talking about the real katanas forged my japanese master smiths. Those cost thousands
ernestas111 1 year ago
@ernestas111 lol those are probably not even allowed outside japan :D
frostbite0995 1 year ago
@frostbite0995 Probably
ernestas111 1 year ago
Gassan is the greatest smith in the world.
trialsrider001 1 year ago
red as the rising sun, lol love that line
YanmingYuMusic 1 year ago 2
poor guy 2:25
MegaKlab 1 year ago
@MegaKlab great kill =3
MrRik338 1 year ago
I've always admired the samurai. They had to be the greatest swordsman who ever lived.
johnub4 1 year ago 34
@johnub4 i never say (the best) cause that is such a ...black hole type way of thinking.. (cause there IS no best) im sure their was awful samurai too (back then) but yes they WE'RE one of the greatest.. but Knights had their qualities too.. so did many other cultures heroes.. their is alot to admire in our world isnt their? i also love watching info about the Shaolin monks.. but the samurai are one of if not my favorite subjects to learn about :D so yes i agree one of the best..
SatansMullet 11 months ago
@johnub4 samurai may or may not be best worlds swordsman (there were a huge number of exceptional good swordsmans) but samurai HAVE best worlds swords.
Virtue0 9 months ago
@Virtue0 There is NO best sword in the world. Each has a given purpose for which it is best but no one can be ''best'' for everything. The Katana is a jack-of-all-trade but it won't do well against more specialised swords.
I wonder what makes you think the Katana is the world's best sword... Because you know, most things that Katanalovers think make it so special and superior was mostly done the same way for example in Europe, and long before Japan. It just has been forgotten... Until recently.
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@Railriderchris you are right about no best sword in the world but the highest quality katana and tachi were so much higer than the highest quality blades of other cultures.
Modern bladesmiths in the USA and Europe are making Katana better than some of the traditional blades made in Japan but that is to be expected with high tech information on steel and how to heat treat it for any given task.They are only made by master smiths though
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 I agree that the japanese reached a very high level of bladesmithing. However, other cultures did at least as good. Ever heard of ''pattern welding''? The vikings, saxons and the Celts where making blades just like the japanese, only 1'500 years earlier. Later, medieval Europe invented the Catalan Furnace which made better steel who doesn't requires folding anymore (the precursor of modern steel). In fact the jap. where probably THE LAST to create blades that way. You want links?
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@Railriderchris Hi ,Yes I have heard of pattern welding-I do it myself(poorly) and I have heard of the Norse cultures blades,specifically the Sutton Ho sword and the replica made by Jim Hrisolous.I bought his tutorial book on damascus(pattern welding) as a result of the article on the Sutton Ho sword(I can recomend the book but free information is abundant on the web now).The Norse blades were not as good as the Japanese and different in construction,placing emphasis on patterened
jadekayak01 9 months ago
low laminate count cores surrounded by high laminate count edge material to achieve a hard cutting edge.
Also Wootz or crucible steel is where it was all supposed to have started with patterned steel only trying to recreate the Wootz.
Now we have blast furnaces,electric arc furnaces,and the knowledge to produce steel with any characteristics wanted and the methods to correctly heat treat the steel to any Rc possible for that steel.We even have hobby classes for both manufacture methods .
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 Well, since you have knowledge i accept your opinion. However i would be interested why you think the japanese blades would be better? They use the basic by just laminating different steels together where the other cultures twisted steel bars, like you said added an edge... I mean, isn't it more sophisticated? Do you think the Saxon, Viking and Celt swordsmith where less meticulous? What gives you that opinion?
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@Railriderchris Hi again.The Japanese made tamahagane to get a more even distribution of carbon throughout the billet(some blades had different carbon content billets welded together) as they had no cast steel or steel furnaces.The highest quality blades were better made than other cultures because the Japanese were rather anal about striving for perfection in all endevours.
The Norse cultures used a different approach as patterns were also valued in thier own right.Neither had a more or less
jadekayak01 9 months ago
sophisticated process as the forging processes were well mastered by both.
The Japanese chose higher laminate counts and the Norse cultures chose lower laminate count for patterns and flexibility and a smaller quantity of high laminate count(much higher carbon %)for the edges.
Mostly for cost considerations.Raw materials were expensive and scarce(relative to today) and labour is always
expensive.Then there was profit to be made so one could survive.
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 You say ''The Japanese made tamahagane to get a more even distribution of carbon throughout the billet'' which is not the way i've seen it before; For what i knew, the problem of the Tatara oven was like every bloomery oven in Europe which resulted in steel with a varying carbon content and much impurities - a problem who began to be solved in Europe with the Catalan Furnace in the middleages. Wasn't it what the welding of different steels was for, to regulate the carbon (cont)
Railriderchris 9 months ago
(cont) a small carbon migration around the weld boundry.Enough welds(i.e. more laminations) and the carbon migration is increased untill an equilibriam is reached when no more laminations will do any good.I also agree on many broken swords during battle but I did say the highest quality of both cultures did not compare.Sometimes a lower quality sword was preferable to no sword and not all smiths were of equal skill or work ethic.Thanks for the link-the blade looked pretty fine but a (cont2)
jadekayak01 9 months ago
(cont2) couple or 3 cold shuts in the 1st blow up photo.As for the knife comment you can't compare Japanese weapon smith work to tool or implement smith work-they were just not of the same level(according to the Japanese).most importantantly you must compare the very best of each cultures work and the Japanese work is of the highest standard.This does not deny some of the other work was of average standard and average is average regardless of the culture.I do admit that the Japanese(cont3)
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 (cont) content? I absolutely agree on the japanese's perfectionism. However it is known that during the war times many bad quality sword where made because of the need of swords. So i find it difficult to simply accept that european quality was generally worse. Could you look at a link i'll send you to your Mailbox (Youtube is allergic to links and it's a long one) where a Sax is polished and examinate by japanese? If i recall right they praised the high quality for an utiity knife.
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@Railriderchris You are correct about bloomery steel being inconsistent in quality and composition,that is why pieces of the melt were broken off into smaller pieces and examined for quality and discarded by the master smith,then forged into regular sized pieces then welded together.You said "Wasn't it what the welding of different steels was for, to regulate the carbon content".By "regulate" I take it you mean to control or "even out" the carbon distribution.In forge welding there is (cont)
jadekayak01 9 months ago
(cont3)dogmatically stuck to an outdated process for making steel while the rest of the world moved on,that is why they got so good at the forge welding and never lost it right up to today.They still have national living treasures that make all manner of artifacts to this date,including swords.
I take it from the link provided that you are German,I'm in New Zealand-sorry I can't read the article but the photos were great Regards John
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 It's interesting to discuss with you :-) Could you provide me some of the material (links, books aso) who gave you the opinion that the european highest standard swordsmithing wasn't on the same level than the japanese? Understand, i'm not doubting what you say, but there are possible interpretations or other reasons why a person comes to a conclusion, and i would like to do my own ;-)
Besides, i'm still incredulously that we can have such a clear statement because there (cont)
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 (cont) still aren't as much european swords of this time found in comparison of the japanese. And with the few research done on the subject and seing how much we discover even now, i really would appreciate if you show me what can already make your statement. (again, no offense intended, it's just nice to learn more on the subject)
In fact i'm from Switzerland, so i have the chance to speak both German and French. But as you can see i still have much to learn in English ;-)
Railriderchris 9 months ago
Hi again,here is a link to a site specilizing in blades Hurstwic Viking Swords(you were right about web addresses)
I think the text is also informative.Also a book titled "A GLOSSARY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR and its use in history" is a good reference book if you can access one.The upper case part is correct but the lower case may not be exact.Any good library should be able to point you in the right direction-book is out of print and rare
jadekayak01 9 months ago
@jadekayak01 Thank you, a very interesting site with beautiful pictures! I don't really see anything who could provide evidence that the japanese where more skilled, it's rather the opposite and i admire the Norse swordsmith more then before. But whatever, it's not so important after all and i will gladly look at the rest of the site when i have the time.
Thanks again and see you next time :-D
Railriderchris 9 months ago
@johnub4 I think you are wrong. there is no way of knowing, because Samurai never really been tested in battles against real warriors like European Knights, Arabian Knights, the Romans, the Presians Soldiers, and the Mongol Empire. They only fight amog them selfs or against weak china.
RedStar18 3 months ago 2
@RedStar18 Think there was a show that did a testing on it. Whether the results or real or fake, I think it gives us a good idea of how it the battle would happen.
Kniitte 1 month ago
I am fascinated in ancient weapons and I am looking for a place that I could have a custom-made katan sword built.
Have you guys got any ideas?
Have you also got any idea what the price would be?
Snowyluc 2 years ago
if you want a traditional one like this probably like 20 000
chickensodelicious 1 year ago
The price can range from 15k to 50k from what I've heard.
fingerprint211b 1 year ago
@Snowyluc Hey, how about doing some research and invest in some smelting furnace <-- if correct some ore pretty cheap and fordging your own weapons, i would find it more gratifying and fun then forking out some cash that somewone else made, just a thought..but hey its your money do with it as you please
Energi2DmaxX 1 year ago
@Energi2DmaxX i think that more than a little research to make your own katana
mawler357 1 year ago
lol, 6:09
UncleRed1234567 2 years ago
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Hmm I thought that New York was the world's largest metropolis.
pratikparija 2 years ago
Imagine how many cuts they get as apprentices making thair own sword.
Comet12421 2 years ago 2
True, however the polishing starts up top, and ends on the cutting edge, so not so much as you would think
xeronicus 2 years ago
that would depend on how good the apprentice is, if they polish it badly (they are a bad apprentice) then they would not cut themselves
mtilley3 2 years ago
they don't polish it
pearlfigther 2 years ago
during the old times i read that samurai's would actually test their blades on hanging dead people, it said that they can cut a human in half from collar bone to ass
hawkdlb06 2 years ago 21
@hawkdlb06 the only thing thats true in what you said is that they would test their swords on corpses however when you mentioned the katanas capability to cut a person in half you were given away by the specific example of the person being cut from the collar bone to the 'ass' which was clearly something that you saw in the katana cutting demonstration that they keep repeating.
varun009 11 months ago
@hawkdlb06 I do realize you posted this a year ago but I'm still gonna say it: they were hanging bodies next to one another and the number of bodies cut (ex: 2) would make the sword a "2 bodies sword" in this exemple. It is known that there were even 4 bodies swords = a sword that could cut 4 bodies in one strike. It's truly amazing.
StallioN0of0MeadoW 10 months ago
@hawkdlb06 the rich samurai even were allowed to cut prisoners and bandits which where captured.... just to test theri new blade.
ZounaForPeace 6 months ago
@hawkdlb06 When they tested the blades that's really all they were doing, testing the blade. They used extended handles which improved the cutting power by a lot. It wasn't tested with the original handle length. You'd have to have an immense amount of strength to cut a human body in half without an extended handle. Cutting human bodies in half with a sword is only reserved for fairy tales.
TheZnaz 6 days ago
samurai executioner present a more accurate depiction then this vid
politeasskicker 2 years ago
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na 8:50 LOLOLOLOL
cheeseno1 2 years ago
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you pervert!!!!!
TheAirsoftbeast3 2 years ago
that is pretty funny hahaha
bbabylion1 2 years ago 2
jerk -_-
patapon38 2 years ago
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I'm the best !
cheeseno1 2 years ago
how do they get such a long length out of a short block?
firefox8192 2 years ago 2
the small block is folded then hammered then folded this process is repeated around 12 times
stoshy445 2 years ago 3
how much do one of swords cost in us currency?
firefox8192 2 years ago
the very best cost 500 000 us dollars, the equivalent of 46 023 250 japanese yen
DragonoftheEastblue3 2 years ago 2
hard to say in exact amounts but most people would argue around 100,000 U.S Dollars
stoshy445 2 years ago 2
@firefox8192 Depends on the quality, ranges from around 50 dollars to hundreds of thousands. It's mostly determined by the forging process, the polishing, and the ornaments of the hilt and sheath.
greywolfrider19 2 years ago
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dudes spech of the englishu nerds
chooch0967 2 years ago
1:56
A gruesome version of the "Good Housekeeping" seal, to say the least!
BigKwell 2 years ago 2
8:56
Also known as 'the business end'.
BigKwell 2 years ago
What is the correct spelling of the 14th generation sword polishers name? I can't seem to find him on google.
kreatheruthles27 2 years ago
Gassan Sadatoshi
megNHS 2 years ago
wait nvm i thought u meant the swordsmith not the polisher.
megNHS 2 years ago
Caliburnis If memory serves me correctly
it was a show called the deadliest warrior that showed the katana's ability to cut chainmale
loujencece 2 years ago
Actually, Deadliest Warrior showed that a katana could /not/ cut maille.
Caliburnis 2 years ago
did you not watch the movie?
mrmints84 2 years ago
Early use of ceramic cutting edge.
don't take my word for it, do your research.
spitfireXVIb 2 years ago
7:35 the narrator attaches a mere natural rock the cultural value of his own society, the market economy, by leaving out the origin of the rocks and claiming that they cost a lot, as if the market economy was the only way to get the stones, not mining in a quarry.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
Like Edward Said wrote about ex-Colonialist areas in Arabia, this too is a fantasy of the imperialists. Said wrote that the English society sees fantastic things in their colonized cultured, as a symptom or bad conscience. The subtexts and the enormous hype in this film reveal those fantasies of the narrator and his company in England or USA.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
2:15 the narrator justifies the state violence in revenging against criminals by cutting off their limbs as the way to test the blade.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
And the tone of the narrator is full of hype that is the tool for justifying or the subtexts in this horrible Anglosaxon propaganda
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
the guy cuttin off the head of the prisoner looked and sounded like he was sneezing when he struck w/ the sword.........2:28
OriginalNem 3 years ago
BEST "HOW TO TUTORIAL" ln YOUTUBE
just need a part 6 on how to build a japanese smithys house in japan illegally n i will be set 4 life
trevisfat 3 years ago 2
is it bent at a certain point? or does it smoothly curve to the right in an almost unoticable banana like form?
starfarfar 3 years ago
only way is to forge it again if it is hand made it depends what type of material it is made out of. if it is a piece of shit stainless steel sword u can bend it with your hands but if its carbon steel /carbon youll have to heat it up and hammer on it i wouldnt suggest doing this though in less you have a experianced sword smith to do it for you
mburgessownage666 3 years ago
you got a point though..something like that would cost a bit much... even it's handmade.
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
how much does it cost to make one?
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
My friend payed $8,000 for a comissioned real one, basic as he could get. They can be easily vary from £20,000 to $200.000.
Worth it if u have the money!!!
sc00ny 3 years ago
yeah i figured they could cost about that much or more.
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
my mom payed $9000 but she said that real ones were up to millions
Sockra 3 years ago
oh yeah? why do they have to cost that much or more like millions
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
New swords don't cost millions (except maybe if you were paying in rupees). The reason is there are very few sword smiths in Japan that make swords in the historic manner. Plus there are legal limits on how many swords they can make in a year.
bstanton010 3 years ago
damn... for real?
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
Yeah maybe not millions but if you put a bunch of aesthetics to it and have a national treasure level smith make it. Then their is the uniqueness of the sword you wish made, and the willingness of the smith to make it. It might be possible to pass a million.
But I don't know of a blade costing more than 500K US being made today.
But ya never know XD
EntertainmentIsGood 3 years ago
lol well cuz the one she had was mass produced in world war 2 and the REAL ones are ancient and are national treasures
Sockra 3 years ago
wtf real ones...
a modern sword made in the anceint way is a real sword
the ww2 swords are crap sword a new carbon steel sword is about the same she over paid by about $8000
lagook 3 years ago
is that because they are razor sharp and considered to be really expensive?
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
no the older it is like ones that date back in ancient times are.
Sockra 3 years ago
oh ok...damn thats a lot
therealsosa0081 3 years ago
They missed out the tempering process in this video! Gutted. Good otherwise though
sc00ny 3 years ago
been going by limited memory sorry for any mis information.
ricaharam 3 years ago
of course they can.
AppleAssassin 3 years ago
how do they put the blade into the hilt
krazyman159 3 years ago
They take the blade and fit it into the hilt, it is then held there by a bamboo 'nail' which fits through a circular hole in the tang of the sword. That's what the characteristic 'clink' of the katana comes from.
Caliburnis 3 years ago
I did a project on the samurai and it helped me heaps
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fabio73 3 years ago
mario yes the can be purchesed ust contact the sword smith you wish to use and be prepared to pay a lot of money you can also get hand forged swords there not as butifull but they are more afordabale and just as functional and well blanced a lot of western sword smiths can make them normally one thousand to two thousand english ponuds (times the amount by two for american currency)
dantae666 3 years ago
im sorry but watching the prep work 4 real authentic katana swords just in this documentary I feel, Dantae, youre statement is slightly facetious. maybe it is possible to aquire a katana sword in the west with sum simamlarities but to suggest its as "functional and well balanced" as the weapons forged here is preposterous.
lilducky85 3 years ago
...Why? Skills of sword manufacture aren't exclusive to Japan. They never have been.
Caliburnis 3 years ago
wow, these videos are really educational...
KholdAxe 4 years ago 36
You know, a lot of people don't give credit to the person polishing the blade. Without the polish, the drag on the blade would reduce cutting power, so thanks to the polisher, we have a super sharp edge. Not a lot of people get that. Sure the smith's job is hard, but the final polish requires a lot of work as well.
JesusFuckingChrist84 4 years ago 44
polisher apprenticeship=10 years! smith=5or6years! The polisher has to know more about shape,history etc to polish the blade the way it was intended. I prefer smithing less headache and back pain.
Kensh1D 4 years ago 9
yup, and a highly polished blade is more corrosion resistant.
guiltybystander77 4 years ago
I know, great isn't it? No downside, make a blade sharper an shinier, and it becomes even less prone to rust. :D
How great is that? Lol.
JesusFuckingChrist84 4 years ago 3
@JesusFuckingChrist84 they dont polish this type of sword... 5:00
WTFilms123 1 year ago
@WTFilms123
I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. A sword is going to be polished, especially a Nihonto.
They talk about "Rough" polishing, but that is rough. This doesn't entail the lack of a polish in the end product.
JesusFuckingChrist84 1 year ago
Do you mean pure steel as in only iron and carbon? Steel is an alloy, and being an alloy there is no "pure steel".
andrew01292 4 years ago 2
I think he means
"DOH!!!"
exupstreetfighter 4 years ago 5
das anybody know what kind of stounes are they using??
su27forserbia 4 years ago
This was very helpful with my first heat treat. Clay kept falling off the blade during the heat treat.Tried the thin initial coat like what was done @ 3:23 and was successful.Great Video
Kensh1D 4 years ago
Modern differentially hardened blades are actually hardened with a cementing clay, it works well, and it does not fall off the blade as easy. Or, some people do this at least.
JesusFuckingChrist84 4 years ago
Yep satanite and apg work wonders...but when you run out you have to improvise a bit. You still have to give it enough time to dry otherwise the air pockets will cause voids in the cement or clay. Turned my suguha hamon into a hitatsura
Kensh1D 4 years ago
That sucks, but yeah, you have to be careful with the stuff...
JesusFuckingChrist84 4 years ago
Killer koto sample kicks in when the blade first gets given to the polishing master
ClarkesonTheMarksman 4 years ago