Legendary sharpness.

unit

unit

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Let's hear them.

The best ones that come to mind are:

The free falling silk scarf cleaved by the horizontally supported sword

The leaf floating down the gentle stream cleaved by the vertically supported sword
 
Why, I've been known to circumcise a gnat!


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unit said:
Let's hear them.

The best ones that come to mind are:

The free falling silk scarf cleaved by the horizontally supported sword

The leaf floating down the gentle stream cleaved by the vertically supported sword
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IIRC the legend of the leaves drifting downstream was followed by a blade from another maker that no leaf would touch - they all were repelled from it before they even made contact...
 
HeavyHanded said:
IIRC the legend of the leaves drifting downstream was followed by a blade from another maker that no leaf would touch - they all were repelled from it before they even made contact...
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Well, it's an easy one to dismiss...If you have even a cursory understanding of hydrology.

Another legend I have had brought to me several times is the belief that if you have a blade sharp enough, you can chop a glass bottle cleanly in half without shattering it. I did a demo and a guy walked up and was sure my edge would pass this test based in the parlor tricks I had already shared...he was dead serious.
 
unit said:
Well, it's an easy one to dismiss...If you have even a cursory understanding of hydrology.

Another legend I have had brought to me several times is the belief that if you have a blade sharp enough, you can chop a glass bottle cleanly in half without shattering it. I did a demo and a guy walked up and was sure my edge would pass this test based in the parlor tricks I had already shared...he was dead serious.
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Again, as i recall the story, the blade of another maker side by side with the "legendary" one. Leaves would actually strike the lesser edge and be cut, but the legendary one would not allow a leaf to touch it. With slow moving water is not so easy to dismiss, as leaves will routinely land on rocks and sticks of all cross section.

The only reference to chopping glass that I'm familiar with is from "Big Trouble in Little China" :D.
 
HeavyHanded said:
Again, as i recall the story, the blade of another maker side by side with the "legendary" one. Leaves would actually strike the lesser edge and be cut, but the legendary one would not allow a leaf to touch it. With slow moving water is not so easy to dismiss, as leaves will routinely land on rocks and sticks of all cross section.

The only reference to chopping glass that I'm familiar with is from "Big Trouble in Little China" :D.
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That's probably the legend of the Honjo Masamune. Actual sword lost in WW2 when the US ordered all Jap weapons, including priceless family and national treasures, be confiscated.
 
For a big fixed blade, hacking at a thin sheet of paper floating in mid-air, and separating it cleanly all the way accross the 8.5" width, or even 12" height (with no tearing) is a pretty hard test for most big thick blades. A stainless Seki-City (non San Mai) Trailmaster I used to have could do it with the factory edge, and none of my other (cheaper) knives could. Depending on the paper, the geometry practically has to be flat all the way to the spine, or the paper wants to hang up. My Falkniven's Odin might have done it too, but I never tried.

Gaston
 
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