AT1557CuttingFromScabbardMusic.mpg

Test cutting on rolled tatami mats with a customized Angus Trim AT1557 and scabbard from DBK Custom Swords.

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[ShooterMikeSBG]

Fool!!!..... Just kidding. It is a wood core scabbard. When using good quality, accurate reproductions, European medieval swords use scabbards with cores made similar to Japanese swords. They are just covered with leather over the wood core.

[NobodyLikesPaul]

how the hell does he pile it back up lol

[jinnd319]

That is a nice blade. any Idea how much one of those runs for nowadays?

[Gilmaris]

The cut will not be weakened, because at any rate it will not have started until it is fully clear of the scabbard. The angle of the scabbard at 0:24 may look a bit odd at first, but when you see that he's cutting slightly upwards, the angle isn't off by much. I would have expected an even more oblique cut, perhaps, but that draw, and that cut, is fine. Remember, while what he is doing may technically be considered iai, it's not Iaido. You don't see him doing chiburi, either.

[Gilmaris]

@newtubetubetube I've been doing Iai for eleven years, I think I know a thing or two. In Iai, yes, you turn the saya so the sword is in the correct angle for the nuki-tsuke you want. My Iaido is MSR, don't know about yours, but the sword leaves the saya by the help of the ring finger for nukitsuke, meaning the angle had better be right by the time the kissaki leaves the saya. This is more a form issue, though, and nothing stops me from drawing quick, THEN adjusting and cutting hard, hammer grip.

[newtubetubetube]

@Gilmaris i don't need stronger spectacle, but you need to learn how to do iai...

The sword must be turned the the correct angle before it leave the saya. To do that, you turn the saya with the left hand has you draw with the right hand. In iai, both the left and right part of the body work.

You can't just 'angle it' right in mid air because it would involve unwanted wrist rotation and weaken the cut.

Once the blade is cleared, it go directly to the target. Without turning or hesitation.

[Gilmaris]

@newtubetubetube I watched it again, and you need stronger spectacles. He very clearly does NOT turn the sword before impact, but is perfectly aligned through the whole cut. I have watched it several times now (it's even in slow mo for your convenience), but I am at a loss for where this alleged turn of yours is.

[Gilmaris]

@newtubetubetube Bear in mind that some tachi DID sport a double-edged mono-uchi, which is an early style tachi, but which never went out of style. Also, to rest the mune on the saya as you draw is practical (because it is a curved blade), but with a straight blade this isn't as necessary. If you really need to, you can keep the scabbard horizontal and rest the flat of the blade against it. At any rate, quick-draw WAS practiced with medieval and dark-age swords.

[newtubetubetube]

@Gilmaris said "Even if it was a leather scabbard, which it isn't [...]"

It's a double edge blade, there is no back to rest on the hardwood saya bottom. A leather sheath warp the blade and any edge contact could easily cut through it. A katana could use a leather saya only because of the flat back...

What the point of your message? You started by saying that this was a non-issue because he explain it was in fact a wood saya. And yet, you go on babbling nonsense about safety.