This may be of interest to some people:
http://ejmas.com/jwma/articles/2004/jwm ... e_1004.htm
To summarize: two-handed swords aren't as heavy as you've probably heard and Europeans were (recorded to be) folding steel before the Japanese. This is not really news, but it's nicely summarized and succinct. Cheers.
Two-Handed Swords
Two-Handed Swords
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Re: Two-Handed Swords
suck it, samurais!
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it.
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it.
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Re: Two-Handed Swords
So I suppose the Massive Bastard Sword in the southern city begining with a D that weighs upwards of 48lbs or more is a bit much?
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Re: Two-Handed Swords
Author lost all credibility starting here:
*grin*Japanese steel is very good steel but there is nothing magical about it.
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What? Do you work for the home-shopping network and are trying to move more units?
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
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While we're myth-busting here...
This site (http://www.albion-swords.com/index.html) has wonderful examples of modern reproductions made with authentic methods. If you are not a student of arms and armor, and have ever wondered what this or that really looks like, then this is a good resource. (They have armor also under the Armor and then the "Mercenary's Tailor" headings). You might also enjoy another site (http://www.armor.com/). In my opinion, these two companies are the best large-scale producers of accurate reproductions in the US (this also happens to have been the late, great Ewart Oakeshott's opinion).
Plus, I just want to spite Selveem so that none of you consider purchasing a katana from the HSN or an "info-mercial".
This site (http://www.albion-swords.com/index.html) has wonderful examples of modern reproductions made with authentic methods. If you are not a student of arms and armor, and have ever wondered what this or that really looks like, then this is a good resource. (They have armor also under the Armor and then the "Mercenary's Tailor" headings). You might also enjoy another site (http://www.armor.com/). In my opinion, these two companies are the best large-scale producers of accurate reproductions in the US (this also happens to have been the late, great Ewart Oakeshott's opinion).
Plus, I just want to spite Selveem so that none of you consider purchasing a katana from the HSN or an "info-mercial".
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"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons
Re: Two-Handed Swords
Considering those swords are generally not even made in Japan, your suggestion holds no water!
This land shall come to the God who knows the answer to War. -Ninety-Nine Nights
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Shhh! You'll drive sales down.
"A man may die yet still endure if his work enters the greater work, for time is carried upon a current of forgotten deeds, and events of great moment are but the culmination of a single carefully placed thought." - Chime of Eons