KATANA TOGISHI - Japanese Traditional Sword Sharpner part 1

[somewhereinnz]

this guy has the coolest job ever!

[bullfr0gz]

how can n e one dislike this? thumbs up for this guy having alot of patients!

[urUPLOADsucks]

I saw that there is three dislikes? who are those losers??? hahahaha

[dnrmafia]

Why not build a machine to do all this work in half the time?

Just kidding

[mrkackerwacker]

God, someone get this guy a wicked edge with the accesory naniwa chosera stones.

[MrTefached]

@mrkackerwacker That sharpener couldn't properly sharpen the complex geometry of a katana.

[mrkackerwacker]

@MrTefached I know, I mean I wouldn't sharpen a real katana like the one he's sharpening w/a wicked edge, but maybe a beater or even a decent quality blade.

[MrTefached]

@mrkackerwacker Probably work best for hira zukuri or some European blades :)

[Trebgah]

I want to be a blacksmith so bad. When I'm old enough I'm going to go around the world to learn the different traditions of smithing. Japan, Italy, etc. I take pride in my appreciation and understanding of the arts considering I'm 15. I also play guitar and listen to music. GOOD music. As in Classical to Classic Rock. Jazz, Bossa Nova, Blues, and I understand it. There's art in almost everything from long ago.

[LinksRoyal]

@Trebgah Fight on mate! i will cheer for you ! may you dreams come true!

[Trebgah]

@LinksRoyal Thanks man!

[etxreabel]

i wonder how many times this man cuts himself on a daily basics

[superrobotfan1099]

is really very thin that sword

[SittingMooseShaman]

...it is said, "Never bring a knife 2 a gunfight!" I always carry my Smithy M586/.357 w/8&3/8" bbl- & a razor-sharp Bowie... Therefore I say, "Always bring a gun 2 a knifefight!!" Let the craftsmans' tradition, skills & most importantly- DISCLIPINE(s) B returned! The youth here in the west(America) have Bkhm disparate w/the use of their mind-&-hand abilityz.Not only has the smoke & steam of the skilled craftsman/womans' shop disappeared- The shops R vanished! "Without vision the people perish!"

[mastercrowly]

man, and his spear, that is true nature of human kind.

[jaesong]

What's the difference between the sharpening styles at 7:03 and 8:24?

[Deersniper308]

the true beauty of the Japanese sword

[TripAClaymore]

Sad to say this is almost a lost art. Same with swordplay too. I wonder how samurai and ninja of the past would view todays methods of combat. I would be a samurai would find it dishonorable, but the ninja would probably be chomping at the bit for some of today's tech.

[guilemaster147]

@TripAClaymore

I don't know. If I was someone from over 8 centuries ago, and I found out that some legacy of my art has survived in ANY form over those years, and that it was still being practiced, I would feel honored.

Also, someone mentioned that the katana is the best sword- don't start that argument. European straight swords and even age-old danish spatha are EQUAL in make and ability. The martial arts of each place was just as deadly, and the swords were VERY similarly made.

[DaytonaRoadster]

@guilemaster147 european and japanese swords are designed differently, they are used differently, but yes the can be of equal quality.

[guilemaster147]

@DaytonaRoadster

When I'm saying they are created the same, I'm of course referring to the pattern welded forging technique used. It looks different, but the actual stuff that's going on with the metal is the same. And If you study the martial techniques from both regions (anywhere, actually), they are remarkably the same. This is because both are attempting to kill the same thing, and there IS a pinnacle to how efficiently it can be done. To add to what I said before.

[OzClawhammer]

It appears he's doing this over a modified shower base in a suburban apartment building!

[darkmastersamurai]

very effective technique

[TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

the katana is still the best sword how about we improve it add a coating or rust resistant material like a spray or even another metal alloy or even a stronger more durable steel like tungesten carbide or titanium steel alloys in todays age of technology we can do anything with metals even sharpen the sword with a laser making its edge as sharp as one atom wide

[cristiantimofi]

@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA You watched batman of the future, haven't you? :))

[JonoNZ110]

@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA Nothing you said there made much sense. The traditional Katana is going to stay traditional, but we can make swords out of CPM steels etc, but then they are only a Katana in form, not in spirit or manufacture, or in the way it is maintained. PS you cant sharpen an edge with a laser to 1 atom wide for hundreds of reasons. Steel cannot support a 1 atom edge for a start. 300 years ago a Japanese bladesmith could make a blade as sharp as anyone in history, even today.

[Eledaraumar]

@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA You obviously do not know much about blades or metallurgy.

[TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

@Eledaraumar actually i know about metallurgy and blades i know what i said in my last comment is possible you have seen that applied to other blades and even other metals used in different applications.

[dithbmine1]

Needs a MANS voice, why cheapen a beautiful thing in the name of political correctness.

What a shame...

[Antiks72]

Katanas can cut through titanium.

[MrTefached]

@Antiks72 NO they can't.

[recurveninja]

is this guy still around? i would love to go to his shop.

[nav2491i]

@recurveninja oh snap!hahah...

but when you sharpen your blade, dont you use water?if you do then that stone gets wet right?hahahahahahahahahahahahh­aahhahahahhahaahhahahhahahahha­hahahahahaahhaha...

[recurveninja]

@nav2491i Not funny.

[nav2491i]

@recurveninja then go frown!

[Ilionowski]

powinni wysłać wielki bukiet kwiatów, kosz pralinek i kilka Japonek z seksownymi stopami do Hollywood z dołączoną wizytówką o treści: "For Quentin's Tarantino eyes only" ;)

Po wyjściu z kina każdy chciał miec miecz Hattoriego Hanzo

[ta2joe13]

man the narrator is annoying

[Crim15]

It's a narrator for a children's show..

[mojothemigo]

Despite the narrator, wonderful vid.

I don't understand the ripping on modern nontraditionaly made swords. If want a strong, sharp, well balanced Japanese style sword, it shouldn't matter if it is a traditionaly made Japanese super expensive work of art or made with the help of modern machines in another country. Technicaly by tradition, most Japanese by their "class" shouldn't own or use one let alone a gaijin.

[dm2131311]

with the comment that an Authentic Japanese Made Katana can be made with modern machines in other countries, just proves you are a gaijin. ALL, I say again, ALL Japanese swordsmiths who mean something, use tamahagame, which is an iron ore sand that only comes from one riverbed, northwest of tokyo, and they only smelt a 2 ton block every year only once and ONLY the elite Japanese Swordsmiths are permitted by the government to even aqcuire, so get your facts straight, and authentic

[mojothemigo]

You don't see a lot of really good company made katana out there because they are still very expensive. The good ones I am talking about still have a great deal of hands on forging, but they use modern tech as well that replicated the practicality and use of a true Japanese katana. They still can't compete with the geniusness of the craftsmenship of the tradional, but to think their sand ore is magic is silly. The Japanese had shitty quality ore, and the magic was/is turning that ore to a sword.

[Ganbacchau]

The price is not what makes it authentic, it's the steel, there's a batch of steel made only once every year. 2 tons is distributed among the elite sword crafters in Japan. If it's made of that, it's considered authentic. Tho if you ask me, it's not authentic unless it's been used. And getting one of those will set you back 6 figures at least.

[exelcrusada]

well w/e you guys say......respect to a guy that put his life into a hobby that interest him

[joku5150]

Sharpening and polishing is the final stage if you don't count reassembling it. From what I've seen Grof616, the kind of wet stone he's using in this video will cost up to the thousands of dollars. Not easy to come by a good one and you must know how to use and maintain it for the stone will decrease in mass as well as the sword from use.

[Grof616]

CAn any body tell me how much kind of rock do exist and how to use them for sharpening?

[MisterBaz1]

They are special Japanese water stones. Unless you have had years of apprenticeship under a master sword polisher, you aren't going to just be able to pick these stones up and do it yourself.

[starshock01]

the rocks they use in the video are probably hand me downs because good ones go for anywhere between 1,000 usd to 100,000 usd, also the one in the video is similar to or may be, a belgian blue from a stone mine

[MisterBaz1]

You can get Japanese water stones from a variety of places nowadays. Many of them aren't that expensive. There are a few, however, that do get up there in price.

[starshock01]

yeah but good ones are getting harder to find

[MisterBaz1]

True. The natural waterstones are very pricey because they are harder to come by. The 'artificial' Japanese waterstones are almost just as good.  Unless you are a dedicated polisher, you're better off just getting the artificial stones. You can get REALLY good results from them for much less.

[starshock01]

i usually just buy old ones from my friend who gets old ones from swordsmiths for real cheap cause they still work great

[MisterBaz1]

Awesome hookup you've got. Just make sure you keep your stones flat(or shaped correctly).

[MisterBaz1]

Unless you spent upwards of $5k for this Katana, it isn't a real Katana. I wouldn't worry about it.

Most of the time, the polishing costs more than the blade itself.

[starshock01]

so if i spent 20k and had a dull non tempered katana encrested with diamonds it would be an official katana?

[MisterBaz1]

Chances are, if you spent less than $1000 on that sword, it is a cheap Chinese knockoff.

Can you tell me who the swordsmith was that forged your Katana? Also, can you tell me what steel?

Japanese swords from real bladesmiths(I'm not talking about JUST Japanese swordsmiths) easily cost over $1000 JUST for the raw forged blade. He then sends it to a sword polisher to do his magic. The polishing can cost anywhere from $1500 - $2500 or more.

[starshock01]

"Unless you spent upwards of $5k for this Katana, it isn't a real Katana"

-i was just messing around cause you said that...

[germanman95]

i bought a katana from Masahiro, it seems good quality, is it?

it is the Masahiro cherry blossom katana

[kvans87]

Masahiro are not the best katana available, but if you're willing ot put some time into it and especially for the price you are paying, Masahiro blades put Paul Chen and Cheness blades to shame.

I own a cheness, and a Hanwei Paul Chen Green Bamboo and a Masahiro Bushido Fuji, the Masahiro is by far the better balanced and better cutter (after several weeks of polishing) than the latter, nevermind my favorite.

[mexicore2007]

i too have a Masahiro, i bought it for 150 bucks

i been looking for a polisher to remove the scratches but their charging more than 3 times whats worth

do you know where i can find one?

[nav2491i]

a wet stone?no dont do it on your own you`ll ruin it.

[recurveninja]

@nav2491i not a WET stone a WHET stone, big difference.

[pokermon919]

@kvans87

That is interesting, I've seen some vids and read on forums how Masahiro swords don't run the full tang. Of course I agree that with work any decent blade material can be a great cutter.

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

Stone polishing is but one of the steps and art forms that make a Japanese sword, a Japanese sword.

[kcpalooza]

its wasn't worshiped as God, what a stupid racists bitch, the sword was many times referred to as the soul of the samurai but samurai did not worship their sword as a God, a christian could be a samurai, their religious beliefs range from zen Buddhism to Shinto.

[Peekingduck]

it's the sound that's off...

Bad mic

[allgoo19]

Japanese style wet stones are available online and I have one even though it's not a natural stone but works pretty close and it's cheaper. It makes oil stones look like toys, and it's still better than diamond stone. By using wet stones, you'll find which kind of steel are better than the others. Carbon steel still are better(keeps its sharpness longer) than stainless steel at aleast among what I have but stainless still can be better in the future.

[gardenstate761]

the sound is a bit off

[coon2086]

agree... the background music is strange

[mastercrowly]

that would be so cool if people still used swords, spears, axes, and bows now days instead of guns and stupid shit.

[ToDdWeHi]

i agree 100% with u

[RyuAthlete]

i agree

[mendebone]

togishi or "he who faps the sword" would be an accurate translation

[TokenTrevor]

yes because it would be so much better to die a slow painful death from bleedout or infection than a clean shot to the head for an instant painless death.

Weeaboos

[shaokem]

i'd have to agree with you here! are there actually trolls on this video??? wow! what a lack of respect! i've always stated i'd rather be shot than stabbed or cut. getting shot happens fast, yeah im very sure its painful... but just the fact that it happes quick and then you're left with the wound, you can just focus on the pain. with a knife or sword, you see it coming, you'd feel it enter your body and feel it cut through your organs, the warm blood spilling out over your cold flesh! yikes

[mastercrowly]

@TokenTrevor ya so getting shot in the back and having a piece of metal lodged inside of u for the rest of ur life is so much better than having a cut that heals into a scar.. a clean chop of the head is a little less painful than a bullet in ur chest and lying there from bleedout until ur dead..

[TokenTrevor]

@mastercrowly

If by "The rest of your life" you mean "Around a minute or so" then yea.

And why on EARTH do you think sword wounds will just heal into a nice little scar you can pick up chicks with? This isn't a papercut, That is going to slowly get infected and you are going to die a death of weeks or months instead of minutes or hours.

If you get shot in the chest chances are you aren't gonna be lying there very long. Again you use the word clean, there is no such thing as a CLEAN beheading

[mastercrowly]

@TokenTrevor a bullet doesnt kill u instantly unless u get shot in a killspot and u get absolutely no medical attention. a sword will just mutilate u. u wont get infected with medical attention... retard..

and im sure a clean beheading would be very easy especially in the hands of mr. clean.

[Serkant75]

@mastercrowly agree warfare has become so high technology and cowardish since guns were invented.every monkey can use a gun but they had balls of steels to face directly sword to sword fight

[Daflaminasian]

@mastercrowly I'm trying to make an adaptive katana sheath so it will attach to my MOLLE tactical vest.

[lostinaseaofmadness]

@mastercrowly there is still a great number of persons who know how to wield a sword properly. Also a sword never runs out of ammo, only the person wielding said sword may run out of energy. But if I was in a "close combat" situation... well... I don't know how many times from within 6 feet or so I've knocked my sparring partners Air-soft 9mm out of his hand without getting hit by a pellet.

[viniv20]

@mastercrowly much more fair too ... no throwing bombs from other part of the world and stuff

[LordCinderWalk]

@mastercrowly I agree to this thought wholeheartedly.

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly how bout i shoot you in the face and then we'll see how stupid guns are

[mastercrowly]

@muffinsNsausage how about i cut off ur balls and we'll see how good ur bullets are

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly i'd like to see you cut my balls off from 30 yards

[mastercrowly]

@muffinsNsausage i'd like to see u shoot me in the face from 30 yards. with no balls.

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly If you're implying that i have no balls my good sir then i will be happy to prove you wrong. I think you will find my balls to be quite large and impressive, and you'll probably want to suck them because you like wiener. Your move.

[mastercrowly]

@muffinsNsausage well if u want to see me cut off ur balls, and u want to show me ur balls, and u want me to suck ur balls, then im probably dealing with some kind of extreme man-hungry gay wad.

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly all i'm saying is. a gun is gonna beat a sword every single day of the fucking week unless the person with the gun is ambushed from a very close range, and that isn't likely and i think you need to re-read what i said because i never said anything about wanting you to suck my giant manly balls.

[mastercrowly]

@muffinsNsausage to quote u "if you're implying that i have no balls my good sir then i will be happy to prove you wrong. I think you will find my balls to be quite large and impressive, and i am a gay fag and want u to suck my balls because i love men. i love dick in my ass and i am wrong about guns and swords because guns are worthless in bad weather, sand, water, and u only get about 20-30 shots and the gun is no longer a weapon. Your move, baby." now if thats not gay idk what is.

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly hmm i said all that? that's weird. well first of all an AK-47 can work in ANY of those conditions you just mentioned. and so what if it has 20-30 shots? that means i can kill you 30 times before you can kill me once. i can take on 20-30 guys and you can take on a few if you've been training half your life. am i wrong? also why are you getting so fuckin butthurt over this, was your father a sword?

[muffinsNsausage]

@mastercrowly also if sword were better than guns then all the world's military would use them.

[vcadsand]

@muffinsNsausage killing bastards with my sword gives me more satisfaction, I love it.

[harlekijn007]

@mastercrowly it would be cooler if people didn't use anything at all

[mastercrowly]

@harlekijn007 that doesnt really make sense.. warfare is a huge part of humanity and life itself. its nature.

[harlekijn007]

@mastercrowly I was only saying that you have a stupid reply (didn't you see the sarcasm)

[wolfaction12]

@mastercrowly lol that would be epic, instead of a airstrike or something like calvary samurai pop out of the forest and stuff. XD im kind thinking bout shogun total war now but still.

[MultiNinja456]

@mastercrowly I agree with u dude and maybe combat whould be fair instead of getting shot from 200 yrds away by a gun

[tfoshohoe]

@MultiNinja456 out to 1500 yards =0

[MultiNinja456]

@tfoshohoe yes thanks for correcting me

[Skiddlezz]

@mastercrowly We will, soon enough, provided we surivve.

[thejues]

@mastercrowly its true cause now adays it the art of pulling a trigger.... which is insane when u thinkabout it..... and it is so nobel to have swords not guns!!!!!!!!!!!

[iceskater1983]

@mastercrowly I agree 100% Guns are a pleage that need to be elimated

[90466893]

please preserve this kind of tradition, its important ^^

[Trebgah]

@90466893 Took the words right out of my mouth.

[Ozarkmadness56]

Few things in the west are this methodical in nature, at least not in america

[mastercrowly]

@Ozarkmadness56 well america is filled with the whole world

[su27forserbia]

uuu at LAST this video -thanks!

[guiltybystander77]

the lady talking pisses me off

[kawakami]

OMG I was looking for this documentary like crazy!!! THANK YOU!!!