Not the best test of a katana

Tiamat

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now you have to do that with a bottle with water in it and take high speed pictures or slow motion filming :)
 

Kelvrick

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Did the sword come in the mail today or did you get it on Friday?

My question is was the bottle standing there on its own and you did one of those cool slices where you posed and then the top slowly slid away from the bottom?
 

Hyperlite

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hispeed vid por favor. It would be like the thing on mythbusters they always show where they stick and exacto knife in a water balloon.
 

Hayabusa Rider

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Came the other day at my place of business, but I picked it up today.

The bottle wasn't held down or anything if that's what you mean. The top flew, but the bottom stayed where it was. I really didn't feel the impact.

Now I need a cutting mat :D
 

Hayabusa Rider

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Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I always test my katanas on the heads of my prisoners :evil:

I saw this few hundred year old one for sale that came with a certificate when tested wayyyy back when. It was certified as sharp by cutting two bodies in two with one swing :Q
 

thecoolnessrune

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Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I always test my katanas on the heads of my prisoners :evil:

I saw this few hundred year old one for sale that came with a certificate when tested wayyyy back when. It was certified as sharp by cutting two bodies in two with one swing :Q

Hmm sounds right up my ally.. ill try to do three.. :evil:
 

Squisher

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Send it to me for testing. We've got bodies just littering our streets here in Detroit just waiting to be test subjects.

 

Nik

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That's nothing. I have a collection of them. I cut an ~8lb rack of ribs clean in two with one of mine. The ribs were frozen solid; I forgot to take them out of the freezer for a weekend party so I took them into the back yard to cut them up. :)
 

OS

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doesn't it dull the blade to just swing it at stuff?

if it was a real japanese one, i wouldn't use it.