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Colt Reeves
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| Quote: | | ...it has a serious effect on the edge of cutting implements if it is not cleaned off immediately. |
Hmmm... Learn something new every day. Thanks for the tip.
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J Anstey
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| Ben Condon wrote: | Joshua,
may I ask what you are using for your cutting tests? I was just wondering because Japan has very strict sword ownership laws so I was under the impression that only people with a collectors license could have a proper katana. I've never really known any clubs that had access to real swords.
Do you by any chance belong to an akido or iaido club? If so there is a good chance that the blades you are using are iaito which are imitation swords made from aluminium alloy that passes Japanese legal requirements. They are generally only used for form practice and are usually too fragile to handle contact so I'd be very careful about doing cutting tests with one. I don't know if you are in the same situation but a number of my friends owned and were using expensive iaito without realising that they weren't real swords and were not not strong enough for contact. |
Hi Ben
I am afraid that some of this is incorrect. Shinken (true/real swords) need to be registered with the government. Only swords made by traditional ways IN Japan are allowed, numbers allowed to be made each year and smiths are heavily regulated. To the best of my knowledge the sword is licensed not the owner. Maybe you need to be a member of a dojo ??(this I am not sure of)
Mogito (alloy practice sword) don't come under this regulation, thus they are cheaper and more widely used by beginners in Japanese sword arts. You are right that these swords are no good whatsoever for test cutting. Having said that Joshua obviously has a Sensei in Japan and has done some test cutting so I think it is safe to assume that he knows the difference between Shinken and Mogito.
I think that Joshua is interested in finding out is what Western martial artists use for their test cutting, so he may experiment with targets that differ from the norm in Japan - tatami.
Cheers Jason
PS. there was a great scene in a movie called "the Hunted" (Christopher Lambert) where one of the main characters proceeded to cut up a Shinkansen with his katana!!! 
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James Aldrich
Location: Green Bay WI Joined: 21 Aug 2003
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Did anybody mention "pool noodles"? Every now and then I see them for .99 apiece. They also make good "boffers" when fitted over pvc pipe and covered with duct tape.
JSA
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Josh MacNeil
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 23 Jul 2008
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Ok, the credit for this one goes to my old man. We have a wood pellet stove. So my dad had the ingenious idea of taking some of the wood pellets, putting them in a plastic sandwich bag and then wetting them so they swell up and get all spongy. So there you have it... a plastic bag filled with soggy pellets. Ridiculous, yet effective cutting target.
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Nat Lamb
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PS. there was a great scene in a movie called "the Hunted" (Christopher Lambert) where one of the main characters proceeded to cut up a Shinkansen with his katana!!! |
That movie was suprisingly unterrible.
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J Anstey
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| Nat Lamb wrote: | | J Anstey wrote: | [
PS. there was a great scene in a movie called "the Hunted" (Christopher Lambert) where one of the main characters proceeded to cut up a Shinkansen with his katana!!! |
That movie was suprisingly unterrible. |
agreed, I enjoyed it, it was a bit of fun. From memory I think a stone lantern even got cut in half so me thinks, so either Sam was quoting this film or has an uncanny ability to see into the mind of a B+ filmaker 
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