how much money would you need for a katana?

wait good point

that would need japanese money and you probably don't have any of that

it depends on how what a katana seller would want for it

ya, but youre not japanese.

Thanks for the offer anyway, maybe I'll find a way to get one some day

you would have to reach an agreement with someone who possesses a katana

I'd agree to whatever he wanted.

because he has a katana, and you don't mess with a guy with a katana

katanas are the most overrated sword in human history

until after the trade when you have the katana, and the tables are turned

the whole "folded over a thousand times" thing was done because japanese steel sucks ass and needs all it's imperfections meticulously hammered out

Yeah, but that's just a case of weaboos being weaboos. They're fine swords and impressive given the shitty source of Iron Japan had to deal with.

Didn't they use a wallhanger for that test? I wouldn't take anything on TV as educational when it comes to historic weaponry.

Also that's a pretty dumb test to begin with. Why would you want to chop into another sword that's braced against a table no matter what sword you're using?

look at how it's braced and how it flexes, it looks like it's supported on only two points, near the tip and near the hilt

I suspect that entire thing is fake tho

I don't think you can make even pig iron bend that way with just a single whack

I don't like the hilts of katanas though. A tsuba gives shit for hand protection. It's really impressive just how much a simple crossguard saves your hands.

what weapons would your enemies be having anyway, i dont know what the test results are for

katana vs. katana, it's not a battlefield weapon

It's testing whether a katana would be effective against a man wearing armor made of longswords

lol

Katanas were absolutely battlefield weapons.

barely, and mostly during WW2, before that polearms ruled the battlefield

it's probably just to show people who only hear about katanas in pulp culture

as well as bows of course

Also are we discussing actualy *katana* katanas or just any katana pattern sword

and think they can actually cut though steel

they should try it against a bulletproof vest

i mean kevlar

Well yeah, Japan's main battlefield weapon was a yari, but what does that have to do with the effectiveness of katanas?

They carried them around because they were useful. Same as why arming swords were used in the crusades

they should try it against a ww2 tank

katanas aren't designed for battlefield use, they're for katana vs. katana duels

No

I think the design of the katana is a result of the poor resources that japan had. say, if they had better metal, I'm sure they would have much more functional swords (as well as actual metal armor)

They were used for situations where you'd want a sword.

@Schedrevka what do you expect? It aired on RTL2, the german channel best known for its horrible reality tv series.

had they been designed for battle instead of say aesthetics they would have straight hilts