Discovery Channel- The Samurai Sword Part 1

This is a brief documentation of japanese sword making and histroy of the Katana brought to you by the dicovery channel program descive weapons. I obviously take no credit for this program.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Samurai
• sword
• katana
• japnese
• smithing
• japanese
• history
• mongrol

[mummoforce]

The narrator is the same as Martin Uriel Septim's in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion!!!

[statesrights01]

@Zyamaman shows what you know about "jibber-jabber nonsense". Guess you never heard what they teach in the army... take care of your gun, and your gun will take care of you... This shows clearly that when a person becomes 'one' with there weapon, they they can do great things..

[BatmanProject777]

@Protherium I think what he may have meant was that in the design of the samurai blade, the curve caused a cut with more ease, by the edge meeting the surface at one point, then the rest being pulled through......as opposed to what happens with a straight blade, though it cuts for a while just moving it straight, it's more efficient to pull the blade as it's passing through.

[attackoftherandom]

@Protherium you hack and chop with a machete. that is its purpose. we could argue about the difference between the words all day. all im saying is that HE wasnt saying that a sharp non curved object "smashs" through something. he was just saying a curved edge is more efficent.

[BronzeEmpress]

Deadly blade!

[Protherium]

@attackoftherandom

Yes, I do. You dont smash or hack with a machete, you cut with it! I own one, cut lots of stuff, and can say for sure it is a cutter, not a "hacker". A half-circle slicing motion typical for straight bladed swords is needed watch this: -- watch?v=2_P68A9vu2o

[Agindacake]

If I recall correctly Samurai were always wearing two blades, where commoners would only be allowed to wear one. Correct me if i am wrong on this one ...

[attackoftherandom]

@Protherium you know cutting and chopping are different right?

[arbeia76]

Its actually Sean Bean.



[MrGUYWITHFACE]

OMG MARTIN SEPTIM

[Protherium]

3:35

Heck, only now I fully realized what this fraud is actually saying: he claims that straight blades do not cut by design! FUKK, all the people in the world who cut things with a STRAIGHT BLADED MACHETE are grossly deceived! They are surely smashing through things with brute strength and stun all the tree limbs, bushes and plants they "cut" in order to "finish them" with an axe on the ground. Mortal Kombat FTW!

[TheBlackSpider82]

The intro fo Decisive Weapons is awesome!!

Loved watching it all those years ago on BBC2!!