How it's made-Albion Sword

How modern copies of medieval swords are made

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[RedNinja22l2]

C'mon guys. Katanas and European longswords were made by different cultures, with different fighting styles and different needs from their swords, and in different time periods. Fighting over it is stupid and it's like comparing apples and oranges.

Dolan plz.

[Nobbybuttons]

Never machine the fuller! bad, bad, bad.

Nice sword though.

[OspreyKnight]

You're both idiots. If you know how to use a katana, saber or cutlass you understand it's for thrusting as much as for anything else.

A katana is curved because of the heat treating process. The curve getting though armor is a load of hogwash, straight or curved it will still go into the gaps of armor. A katana is typically better for armor penetration because it doesn't flex as much as a long sword. For the same reason a real rapier doesn't flex.

[OspreyKnight]

You're both idiots. Yes a straight blade is "better" for thrusting, more important is flex and tip. If you know how to use a katana, saber or cutlass you understand it's for thrusting as much as for anything else.

It's the person wielding the weapon that makes something better, a master with a wooden stick vs a dunce with the most amazing sword in the world will always win.

If you want a contest between experts, depends on who fucks up first.

[TKDLION]

From what I have seen of the two types the tachi style still has more curvature overall.

Put your hand on the spine during thrusting? How is that supposed to help? More uniform curvature, and indeed less curvature, is better for thrusting. Curved swords are better for slashing. If they were also better for thrusting then straight swords would not even be around.

[Protherium]

Not more curvature, but different one. Look here:

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The Tachi blade curves at first 1/3 but the rest is quite straight. So if you turn the edge upwards, put your hand on spine then you can thrust with this one pretty good. Katana are more uniformly curved, which makes them not so good for thrusting. This is the whole point.

[TKDLION]

"Distinctive curvature making it suitable for thrusting through gaps in armor" WHAT? Since when has more curvature equaled better thrusting capabilities?

You don't see how a longer and more curved sword would more useful to a man on horseback? Or do you not think that samurai fought from horseback?

[Protherium]

Katana is more practical in street fighting and dueling, not on battlefield. Tachi were more functional on battlefield because of their greater length and distinctive curvature making it suitable for thrusting through gaps in armor. Google "changes in the shape of the japanese sword".

And I doubt that a 1000g sword with a pretty short blade of 65-72cm would do any good from horseback and in fighting against lamellar japanese armors and breastplates.

[Sunshine]

Ah!

Yeah, sounds logical, thank you! I think Albion's swords are over-priced anyway tbh...

[TKDLION]

Fullers should be forged into the blade because it makes the metal more dense at that point. When you grind away metal it also affects the heat treatment.

[TKDLION]

Tachis went out of favor for good reason. Because they had more curvature and weight, they were less functional than katanas. They may have been more durable, but not more practical.