Ronin Katana - Samurai Sword Destruction Testing - Sword vs Metal Pipes vs Bricks vs Wood

Marc Ridgeway of http://torionsword.com/ has begun a series of destruction test on the Ronin dojo and dojo pro series of katana. This video covers targets which should never make contact with a sword. A metal swing set and slide, a brick, metal pipes, and a bat. The result is a completely destroyed sword.

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• Katana
• Sword
• Warriors
• Samurai
• Ninja
• Dynasty
• Swords
• sword
• testing
• katana
• samurai
• destruction
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• Battle
• Medieval
• Fencing
• Hunter

[megashitto]

do the blades come sharp?

[Roninkatanas]

@megashitto Yes, they are sharp and ready for use right out of the box.

[scottyfett]

When you brought out the bat I was kinda hoping to see you cut the bat in half. also what country do you live in man??? looks nice for being winter.

[Roninkatanas]

@scottyfett He's in Georgia, USA.

Quite honestly, if they made swords that could cut metal bats in half, I would own one. Actually, I would own two.

[TheMrBHall]

@Roninkatanas they're called lightsabers :)

[Roninkatanas]

@astralninja1 Hi Astral. The swords being destroyed are scratch and dent swords which had been sitting in the warehouse for some time. Several of them were sent to Torion Sword to do testing on. The point of these videos was to show what a Ronin katana can and can't do. As time goes by, thousands of people will have watched the series, and hopefully many of them will have learned what happens when swords hit things they should not.

[SPQQKY]

@astralninja1 In this video I do not see a destructive test on a antique piece from Japan by the likes of such a great artist / smith as Muramasa Sengo, which of course would be an atrocity. I see him beating up a $200 production piece letting us know that it will be perfect for a student of the art to use at their dojo because it's effective and strong and will stand up to their occasional bad form. And it's only been like 8 hours. What have you been doing? Accept the facts

[SPQQKY]

@astralninja1 Why yes, they did. Not all pieces were presentation pieces. Now, during the Edo Period [Tokugawa Era] (you don't even have a clue on it's spelling, proper term), there was more peace than warfare, so not as many swords were made, but not all soldiers were adorned with beautiful pieces that took months to make. They needed something produced quickly that was effective. Something that could be damaged and not worry about it's cost and how pretty it was.

[Felix27ish]

урод

[astralninja1]

@SPQQKY So your telling me the Japanese mass produced swords in the Edu era? there is a big difference between mass produced swords and hand crafted, forged and engraved blades, From a person who dedicated his life to creating these swords...seeing a western guy beat the shit out of what he holds dear in life is not disrespectful?! I really can't believe you have spend 24 hours arguing this with me...accept it