Cutting tests

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Has anyone gone down to the local coroner and asked if you can test your katana on some cadavers.

just wondrin

specially for Robert

bandit
 
I see this as a Monty Python skit.

Michael Palin, ( in Samurai drag ) shows up at the morgue.
"Oy say, me lad, got inny old cadaivers lyin' about? Needs to try owt me shoiny new bit of an' suwaard.."
 
nah...for some reason I think some people would expect me to do that but I wouldn't. I've cut myself enough times in the past, I know swords work well against flesh hehe...

But, I think that's a great way to get what you want if what you want is to be arrested and given weird looks everywhere.

Shinryû.
 
Rumor has it that in the old days in feudal Japan, swords were tested by bisection of any convenient nearby peasant. If the sword could cut cleanly through several major bones and muscle groups from shoulder to pelvis, and neatly divide the peasant into two pieces with one stroke, the sword was considered sharp and tough enough.

I don't think this is done too often nowadays due to some silly newfangled rules of polite civil behavior. Political correctness sucks, doesn't it?

A few months ago someone was testing a large Jerry Hossom blade by cutting a large whole ham hung from the ceiling with the bone intact. That might be more socially acceptable than using live peasants, or even cadavers. But I dunno...

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Well I must comment that if this is a joke it is in rather poor taste, and if it is not then I am naturally very concerned.
 
Testcutting on human specimens, was very controversal, even in Feudal Japan.

But you can argue that, in old japan, duelings between samurai are usual happenings so they will have numerous occasions to test out their swords.... or test out their luck to see if they survive the fights.

There are some interesting readings on Guy Power Sensei's website about test cutting.
on test cutting
on preparing a cattle for food out of neccessity at war times

My opinion is, modern sword is not a weapon anymore so testcutting on tatami rolls is enough, althougth test cutting on a freshly slaughtered pig or cow would be interesting provided that the meat are not to be wasted.....

Joe


[This message has been edited by JoeL (edited 03-19-2001).]
 
My understanding of the test cutting in ancient Japan was that it was performed on executed criminals not on live peasants. I believe that there are even reference materials that diagram what the cuts need to be and in typical Japanese fashion they are all given specific names. If a sword successfully administered all the cuts it was give a certain mei on the tang.

As for the original question, if anyone answers yes please also post your address so that I can send some nice young men that I know to meet you. They have special wrap around jackets and butterfly nets just for you. They will take you away to a new happy home with nice soft walls and the voices won't be able to find you there.

[This message has been edited by Triton (edited 03-19-2001).]
 
mmmm...soft walls
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PS: Joe, I've been trying to get a hold of you for a little while but have had no luck. Drop me an email or ICQ message when you can. Thanks.

[This message has been edited by Robert Marotz (edited 03-19-2001).]
 
Im sorry but I just feel the insuation is in poor taste. In a "civil" society I would hope acts of barbarity are not condoned. It is sad to say that there are still many cases in this world today in which people are killed with swords. I can think right now of a few priests and teachers who were beheaded last year.
 
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