nihontou

[Charlie Brown]

When I see a sword like this one I also wonder, if this sword and its owner could have been a turning point in some battle.

[Charlie Brown]

Here is a picture of an odachi http://japantrip.tripod.com/nodachi/norimitsu.html
This is truly a feat in superb craftsmanship. This is also the style Sasaki Kojiro used to duel Miyamoto Musashi, though I doubt it was this big. Musashi used a boken about 127 cm long, so the "drying pole" was probably more along that size.

Enjoy,
Chris(Charlie)

[keatonatron]

zengargoyle wrote:
it's not that suprising though... i would expect any heavy-duty piece of cutlery to be able to split a few bullets before failure, lead and copper are very soft metals. it sorta looked like more damage was done by the bullets that just glanced the side of the blade.

It's important to remember that speed is all relative (at least in this type of a setup where intertia isn't a big factor). If the bullet was fixed and the sword hit it at a high speed, would you expect the sword to break? (in other words, a fast bullet and a stationary sword is the same as a fast sword and a stationary bullet)

I guess the most impressive thing is that the sword is sharp enough to split the bullet instead of just deflecting it to one side.

[coco]

Snoopy, I miss your fighting story with 宮本武蔵 (with real swords) on the shout box. How about having a machine gun? :p

Or did you do 試し斬り with Clay-san 's HD? :@

[kanadajin]

Generally speaking, yes. But not all nihonto are katana, while all katana (properly speaking -- not counting Chinese knock-offs) are nihonto.


Tony

Thank you tony

[coco]

There is an other 剣豪　named　柳生助ｺ衛(1607-1650）
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagyu_Jubei_Mitsuyoshi
I watched new drama of "柳生助ｺ衛七番勝負" on NHK.

Some says 助ｺ衛 used　剣 by 三池典太(=大典太光世)。
you can see the original　日本刀by 三池典太(光世).　and replica of 助ｺ衛's 愛刀. ↓
http://www1.kamakuranet.ne.jp/sankaido/denta.htm

http://www.nihonto.ca/miike/
↑ amazing! Hope you enjoy.

[Charlie Brown]

cocoさん
どうもありがと

チャーリー
B)

[coco]

今年の新作リストです。6月6日から18日まで。
http://www.touken.or.jp/museum/list_2005spring.html

"Sword Forging Competition Winning Swords in 2006" are on display at Sword Museum (yoyogi- Tokyo) til 18 th June.
English site is here.