Knife, Nails and Nori at the Japanese House!

[KustomFu]

hey, you need to take the handle off that broken knife and look for signature on the blade under the handle

[onmilo]

I have heard Wakizashi or Tanto blades used in ritual Sepu-Ki were traditionally broken after the suicide so,,,

Could the long staple also be used to secure clay roof tiles in place?

[1TAKYOK]

Sorry,mistyped.The big staple things are called "kasugai " holding large wood members together, such as beam and post, although two parts are joined by male and female, those will be separated by quakes or wind forces,.one Japanese proverb says, "ko wa kasugai" meaning a child is that big staple thing, a child is the last means of keeping marriage from breaking. Sorry for long comment.

[1TAKYOK]

The big staple things are calle

[HippyGoat]

Kohaku from Inuyasha uses a chain sickle... ;D

[ytvration]

lol

[infyrno917]

broken tanto?

[irit8r]

the 'farmers tool' is used in the rice field to cut the rice shoots at the bottom of the base. i used it to help a rice farmer in okayama near the primary school i taught at

[dalriada842]

I bet you've thrown out a lot of stuff that a museum would be grateful to have. Each generation seems to destroy most of the preceding generation's culture. :(

[nagaempress]

Just start a new ebay account. If the problem is they came back being rude there has to be another site out there to sell on... isnt there an ebay japan? Wait a min...an ETSY SHOP!!!! ETSY.COM!!!! please check it out!!!!

[AlohaBiatch]

@nagaempress ebay doesn't exist, he should use yahoo auction. I use it all the time to buy and sell stuff

[mrbeanbag]

Hey guys! Hey dude, did you buy the house as an investment? Sorry if it has already been explained elsewhere - time is short.

[lordlycius]

The 'Broken Blade' does look like it could be a busted 'Wakizashi or Aikuchi' style blade judging from its curvature, maybe even a later style of 'Tanto' blade...

And if I remember correctly, that Farming style 'Hand Scythe' is Called the 'Kama' over there in Japan.. Atleast, I could swear it is, that is if my memory isn't playing tricks on me, LoLzz...

[TheRoamingGnome2]

stupid question but does nori ever go bad?

[soulthepinkmage]

@TheRoamingGnome2 Yes, but it takes awhile. The nori he found should not be eaten judging by their containers.

[Cr0nosGold3n]

at 0:52 did anyone else think of the rise to honor game?

[zem1956]

Nice working outftit. 5 stars for outfit. But 1 for color , ja ja

[lilbondblacky]

you know what would be funny, if you made a 5 second video of you saying hey guys !!! ...... more videos coming soon !!! just thought it it would be funny since you say it in every video, just to have it as its own video :)

[goldenpeninsulaplus]

good to see you in action in front of the camera ;) (not just behind)

[RapiDEraZeR]

oh yeah....white gloves!

[playstation2bigs]

hhhhhheeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ggggggggguuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyss­ssssss!!!!!!!

[frealynn]

Apparently the former person who lived in that house was a badass gentleman with some nori-holic-ness =D

[eskercurve]

Great cameraman there! Anyway, good video, as usual!

[hempev]

Nori doesn't go bad, does it? Just poke some sushi at it!

[wolvermonkey]

Small sword? Like a wakazashi? Dunno if i spelled that right or not but that is how it sounds to me.The space on the blade is called a blood groove. The other weapon was a Kama I think they were called. Used in pairs too I think. I keep trying seaweed and everytime it tastes like old grass to me.

[Nemesis093781]

Thank you for the video. Thumbs up.

[Sinjinator]

PUT THEM ALL ON EBAY!! ;)

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@Sinjinator

Look at the video response below \I/

[AlohaBiatch]

@Sinjinator Ebay doesn't exist in Japan. However Yahoo auctions and Rakuten auctions exist

[Sinjinator]

@AlohaBiatch It was supposed to be a joke... I just came from his other video where he mentioned ebay comments

[LasVegasStripT]

Hey! It's that unskilled laborer! He is taking away your air time Mr.Japan Channel.com guy!

[myanime101]

awesome video very interesting thanks for sharing :)

[jazzclarinet2006]

Neat! ^^

[Zeldalover12100]

@sueb262 Someone who says their opinion. 

[leahcim54]

@Kungfumastertraining What sort of things are you looking for. I'm in Osaka till the end of march and it would be fun to hunt out more stuff. I'm trying to find totoro stuff for my daughter and knives for my salf. give me a shout.

[Bigben2u]

Nice vid mate! Keep at it!

[cynthiacorsa]

the wall nail.... a giant open staple from the alien overlords perhaps??? ...

[shkdbsahbdlabf1]

I found that interesting.

[CloudysGuitarChannel]

wow so when theres fire... you like pull giant staple and lieke powowowaboom and fence falls down,,, thats pretty cool!

[Kayzzzzification]

you've found the most random yet interesting things in that house! As always... I look forward to your new videos!

[PeircedinBlood]

Why would they have bags of seaweed? o.O

[Zeldalover12100]

Just putting it out there. Most people probably don't care about the house XD

[natalie1605]

@Zeldalover12100 Just putting it out there... I care about the house and so do a lot of people XD It's interesting! Why would you leave a comment on something you didn't like? Better yet, why watch it? The title states what is in the video.. Don't know why I am bothering typing this -_-

[sueb262]

@Zeldalover12100 People who care about the house watch the videos about the house. People who don't care about the house don't watch the videos. What kind of person watches a video on something they don't care about?

[dlcorp]

@Zeldalover12100 shut up

[mridontwanano]

its a time capsule from the past, their message........... Save seaweed

[pakong82]

@TheJapanChannelDcom are those nori still edible?

[ndgh209]

Does it snow alot in Japan?

[EnglishSpaceDog]

It was common when making a samurai sword (KATANA) to test it by attempting to cut something. If it broke, the broken piece was used as a short knife (TANTO).

[sueb262]

@EnglishSpaceDog I'm certainly no expert, but I'm pretty sure that this is not true. Neither the "pointy end" (see my expert terminology there?) nor the "handle end" could be easily made into a useful knife. And a tanto is its own thing, not a broken bit of something else, requiring its own skills to make and having its own design. At least, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

[MesYang88]

I love kamas (Japanese sickle), they're my favorite weapon, lol. And the chain and sickle is called a kusarigama.

[CloudysGuitarChannel]

@MesYang88 ninja gaiden? XD

[MesYang88]

@CloudysGuitarChannel Martial arts enthusiast/ instructor... ;^)

[CloudysGuitarChannel]

@MesYang88 I like your videos ^_^

[MesYang88]

@CloudysGuitarChannel Thank you. n_n

[CloudysGuitarChannel]

@MesYang88 I like your videos ^_^

[heresteven]

i like that small truck

[sorasgirl0]

You shouldn't have that unskilled laborer using all of those dangerous tools! xDD

[romanobritish]

Also the grove on the sword was to give it strength from breaking. which allowed sword makers to make the blade lighter.

[romanobritish]

It looks like an early 20th century Japanese Military sword.

[RyvenSorane]

The second one is called a Kama, I think.

[benitofinito]

So can you eat 7yr old Nori?

[s3xyScorp]

grove in blade is to make the stabed one bleed faster,more

[grawling]

@s3xyScorp That's a myth.

[Limastudent]

Nori is a favorite gift to give. Love these videos!

[grawling]

I believe the groove makes a blade less likely to break when bent sideways(adds to elasticity, mostly used with harder steels). Those "nails"(i don't know the official name) are used for binding big pieces of wood and are sold worldwide. The Kama though is an interesting find indeed!

[MesYang88]

@grawling I don't think finding a kama is very surprising considering it's a japanese farmhouse...

[grawling]

@MesYang88 I never said it's surprising, it's just the only japan related item in the video.

[SEThatered]

You have to admire the japanese level of trust to one another.

I bet in such "wallbreaker" handles would be overused by thieves in other countries...

[shadowace421]

those are giant staples, i wonder how big the stapler was 0-0

[phillipah7]

Use the seaweed as fertilizer for your plants.

[shadowicewolf54]

i'd hang on to the broken blade and farmers tool... as well as the nails... However, the nori can go.

[Larsino2000]

We want to see more of the unskilled labor! he's just epic :D

[c2thew]

watching these videos is oddly addictting

[DrunkenSamurai18]

@TheJapanChannelDcom so wat did ur friend think the wood was for?

[SUMOTACHI]

LOL I think the farmers tool is called a Kama....mostly used by ninjas....which was started by farmers. You just bought some old ninja house man.

[FanbertA3]

Your theorie is right, these nails are used to connect wooden beams, tree trunks or boards together. We still make these nails in our workshop. Old Idea but still a good one, they last much longer than nails

[d245470k]

How long do those nori sheets last for?

[acexkeikai]

Is that Nori still good to eat? I wouldn't chance it

[fegeleiin]

this guy makes boring stuff seem very interesting

can't stop watching

 O_o

[therealdefpunk]

@fegeleiin The best thing is, he now has a human cam holder due to his great fan base.

[anubis2814]

The kama or sickle was developed for the Okinawan martial art Te, because they weren't allowed to own swords as they were under Japanese dominance. The nunchucku was developed from the flail, and the sai was a small hand pitchfork. You can't arrest someone for being a farmer right?

[pookatim]

Possibly a bayonet.

[AlanMolstad]

the groove in the blade is always thought by many people to provide a gap for air to help pull the blade out of the body.

But I have my doubts.

Mostly the groove makes the blade lighter and will add a sound to the blade when swung.

[AlanMolstad]

the little homemade handle on the busted sword seems to show that after the blade broke it was still used around the house for different things.

[gbours1980]

It can be a "tanto", it's a japanese knive. In the old ages, only samurais can use swords, so the comom peaple can carry only short knives know as "tanto" for daily activity and for self defense.

[sueb262]

@gbours1980 that surely can't be a tanto--where's the taper and the point?

[watashiwahjolan]

The Blade at approx 30 Seconds looks to be a japanese training Bayonette

oldsmithy.info/bayonets/

This site has a pic of the model i believe it to be ....probably broke the tip then lost handle

cause the tips of those got broken often stab'n dummies

[watashiwahjolan]

@watashiwahjolan put w w w . before the site oldsmithy etc

[Relatharr]

That is a lot of seaweed.

[myonly7]

all the seaweed is likely already expired. The Japanese really like seaweed. They wrap a sushi with a piece of seaweed. They even have seaweed snack.

[colquitt2011]

wow, it is like the people that lived there up root themselves and left an entire life behind.

[oscarscheepstra]

Am I the only one who would love to pull the fire-preventing-nails out of your annioying neigbour's house on the middle of the night?

[sueb262]

@oscarscheepstra probably not the only american. just another reason this would be a japanese thing and not an american one.

[joshcarstraw18]

Seven year old nori?! Is it still any good? O.o

[gensaiyunikunaotoko]

interesting as always !

[AlanMolstad]

like everyone else I was thinking, "Maybe find something worth cash"....but then I saw the vast amounts of trash you got to deal with, and realized, "It's too much to worry about the value of this or that"

You got a mess.....a real mess on your hands.

[guardian040]

Wow! This episode surprised me. It was very educational for me. How do you know these things about the knife / katana?

P.S. Please tell me that the nori is expired and you don't eat that!

[MISSpinkGLITTERbomb]

the unskilled labour-r looks a lot like thesillyolddude HUMMMMMMMMMMM

[agentjfk]

yes....yes I did find this interesting. Thank you very much ^_^ LOL

[mellowsky47]

I wish I could help but I am in Boston. Have a nice time redoing the house.

[TVfXQs2Cassiopeia]

2:12 i thought the wall was falling down...

[Wixie86]

nice finds! the grove on the blade is called a fuller (or blood grove) in European swords i think the japanese have a few names for different types of groves i think thats a Bo-bi or a Kaki-tohi (think thats how its spelt) :/ can't really tell as you only have the lower part of the tang... let us know if you find out more! :D

[leahcim54]

I think you'v got a bit of a ww2 japanese bayonet just a wild guess

[LetsPosting]

My Japanese grandmother told me it was customary for old people to hide money with expired nori, in a ratio of one large denomination bill per one sheet of nori. It's supposed to be a Urashima Tarō's box disguise thing. But you probably already knew that.  So what did you do with the seaweed? I hope you didn't take it to the nori recycling center.

[bigtoepfer]

the second one was a Kama if I'm not mistaken

[ectoband]

nice stash of seaWEED ;P hahah :D

[Hanzilla75]

Hmm.... I still have my suspicions about that dodgy unskilled labourer you have found. He could be making an extra income selling all that surplus seaweed and old Hello Kitty posters! Excellent and interesting videos as always mate. Looking forward to the next one.

[dragade101]

i wonder why so much nori. was that just collected over the years?

[MrMrSteveC]

The groove in the blade has nothing to do with blood or the release of pressure, it's called a Bo-Hi and it's there simply to reduce the weight of the blade, that blood groove nonsense is a myth.

[misterblobbyman]

7 year old seaweed mmmh interesting.I think i see a taste test video coming up haha, only kidding!!

Love your new place it's uber cool.I love old buildings, so much history to them.

Be well mate!!

[cloudsplitter24]

Very interesting!  Your farmhouse forensics seems full of surprises!

[Jediscorpi0nguy88]

that broken sword was cool, maybe someone actually killed using it in the past. a ninja or so LOL

[mtothem1337]

what do you work as? garbage picker? :/

[ramsien]

Besides being a typical senior-citizen hoarder, he was probably from a time when keeping a supply of food stashed away (i.e. the seaweed) was a perfectly sensible things to do.

[rampage222555]

@ramsien i doubt any citizen farmer would ever need that much seaweed stashed away. that looked like enough to keep a sushi shop running for more than a month...

[Viccyvictor]

That was indeed very interesting, thanks alot! You put alot of effort and love into your videos. We appreciate it alot :).

[spamllpitdept]

Must be a ninja

[Keichan2501]

But it is true that pulling those nails will bring the wall down right?

[aliceXheart]

Great video, by the way! Learned some ally interesting stuff! ;)

[aliceXheart]

Can you still use that nori?

[MurdocLC]

Can u still eat the seaweed? ._.

[mmapandaman]

the knife looks more like a blood letting knife used during slaughter

and the farming tool/ weapon is called a kama :)

[NqkoisitamBG]

You use those nails to hold 2 wooden support beams together in a corner. It's common in traditional construction anywhere really. I doubt it has a Japanese origin.

[karmaburna]

we can all see it SillyOldDude. there is a conspiracy that involves a samurai with a broken sword, a mini grim reaper and a bit of wood that fell over. you must uncover it at all costs.

[TheMelancholicNinja]

@karmaburna You've just given me inspiration for a comic, thanks!

[karmaburna]

@TheMelancholicNinja wait, you got a comic idea out of that? not fair!! i regularly open a word doc and stare at it blankly then close it again. that's how MY amazing idea for a comic is going, anyway. :P

[60frederick]

Very interesting videos you are sharing with us!

I think that the former inhabitant have been only terrified of not having enough of stuff if it would not be out of stock at the shops...

[TheLifePerfect]

Seaweed, knives, and nails... must be sunday.

[Zemnmez]

You're going to need a giant stapler for that giant staple.

[Saavik256]

Oh man, that amount of nori would cost you a fortune here :o

[PurdyBear1]

Ps. The sickle is now used to cut Asparagus these days.

The seaweed is a natural thyroxin.

[PurdyBear1]

The second one we would called a Sickle, which was used for cutting grain crops and other veg. They were very sharp and quite nasty when they cut anyone.

The U shaped item, can be used to hold down poly tunnels, fabric over growing crops to keep off the frost or birds etc from attacking them.

I think Seaweed is a good natural manure for the land, but I might be wrong. It does contain a lot of iron so would effect Thyroid gland if eatting in high quantities.

[BingTiddleTiddleBong]

The staple shaped nail is called 鎹 (かすがい / kasugai) which is used to join two contiguous woods.

There is a saying "子は鎹 (child is like a kasugai (between husband and wife))."

[lunhil12]

@BingTiddleTiddleBong I agree, we call them "dogs" in woodworking. Oldtimers used them to hold joints while glueing.

[satarell]

:D yea house video love them the progress is amazing to watch just cant wait to see the kitchen ^.^

[lcalcorzi]

could the knife be a tanto. the second weapon is a Kama. the house updates are great.

[fatefan88]

Actually the "blood-groove" carved into the blade is usually called bo-hi or futasuji-hi but it's purpose is not releasing pressure. The bo-hi reduces some weight without sacrificing structural integrity. The groove also makes the loud swishing sound called tachikaze 太刀風 which is usefull for sword-practice. A blade without a bo-hi will make the sound too, just nowhere near as loud.

Just some background-information, I love all your videos especially this series! can't wait to see the kitchen =)

[77616e6b79]

nice collection, though, i've used similar brackets to attach logs to build a raft.

[ZaifoTube]

OMG this house thing is becoming an addiction!! You should've seen my face when I found the video :D

[zepherighost]

Ah the physics of stabbing, given by an australian in japan with a 50 year old fraction of a knife.

[zepherighost]

@zepherighost that came across as less friendly than I intended somehow.

[CptEddyPrice]

try pulling one :) and then you can always say : im a gajin how am i supposed to know :P ( im talking about nails in the wall :D )

[Z1BABOUINOS]

Plot thickens...

The vegetation level was very suspicious....

Dig in the garden and under the house.

:o

[Dethmoose24]

Is the Nori still edible?

Great show, love it!

[DarkDFlame]

Every day a new video, I always wonder how you can do that! Thank you!

[jmwintenn]

pffft,how dare that laborer try to get some face time. sack his wages!

[OmegaXrosHeart]

I really look forward to your videos dude. Keep'em coming.

[Yakfuji]

Glad you finally let the unskilled labourer speak. After all the work he did, he deserved some camera time :)

I've been enjoying all the renovation video's, maybe it's a sign of me getting older :(

[Jimaera]

You should have one of those "78th commenter wins this big old bag of 7-year-old nori" contests, lol. First item definitely looks like it might originally have been a sword belonging to a Japanese officer; I remember Kurt Bell once mentioning on his Softypapa channel that as an antique dealer he would frequently see those turn up at auctions when someone from the Showa generation passed away. The scythe tool is called a kama, and the ball-chain variant you mentioned is called a kusarigama.

[michaelXXLF]

Is that place maybe built on an ancient ninja-burial ground?

[Trasgado]

Looks like that old farm house had a war hero.

[astralrock]

Very good video!

[Snuffsis]

Isn't it possible to have that broken knife appraised or something to make sure what it is and how old it is?

Would be very interesting to know. :)

[MrUlutraman]

well that confirms my theory

granpa was a ninja

the first one seems like a broken kodachi but i could be wrong

[lemonrind]

I am a big fan of stabbing.

[asyoulikeitvideos]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing your Farmhouse adventures!

[MrO420o]

looks like a really old tanto or wakizashi , and it would have to be pretty old considering its been in inside and the level of rust, maybe from the war? very interesting

[Kazesai]

i like your hair :D and this was pretty cool to see. how fun! XD

[genuinebbuck]

Good Stuff XD!

[MrJohnjake]

first looking good

[MrJohnjake]

yay first