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JustinFournier said:
My son’s current goal is to hatcth an Ankylosaurus from an egg and tame it.
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Now THAT is a lofty goal, and a very admirable one at that. I really respect that that you’ve been able to be honest with your kids about Santa, the Easter bunny, etc... and they still are able to absolutely KNOW that they can hatch dino eggs !!

Kids are pretty amazing until adults get done with them, but nice job on yours. Oh, and we need pics when this thing hatches :p

Winston
 
Winston_Smith said:
Now THAT is a lofty goal, and a very admirable one at that. I really respect that that you’ve been able to be honest with your kids about Santa, the Easter bunny, etc... and they still are able to absolutely KNOW that they can hatch dino eggs !!

Kids are pretty amazing until adults get done with them, but nice job on yours. Oh, and we need pics when this thing hatches :p

Winston
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Isn’t that the truth LOL! He’s learning about the DNA aspect of it all. And then figured out how we share DNA. Within the capability of a 6 year old going on 7 at least. He asked me how the DNA gets combined and that’s when I said we will talk about this when you get older!
 
I'm reminded of the $5,000 katana that was wrecked on the first episode of KOD. The metallurgy was a bit lacking...


People think these swords were so great. Because so much effort went into them. But so much effort went into them to help compensate for the poor quality steel that was available to them at that time and place. A modern sword made with optimized metallurgy would cut an old katana in half.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I'm reminded of the $5,000 katana that was wrecked on the first episode of KOD. The metallurgy was a bit lacking...


People think these swords were so great. Because so much effort went into them. But so much effort went into them to help compensate for the poor quality steel that was available to them at that time and place. A modern sword made with optimized metallurgy would cut an old katana in half.
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But the rarity, craftsmanship and the piece of history is what I’d be buying. Not the performance. It’s not something I’d use. In the end that’s why I didn’t buy one. I have no connection to the culture and while I think it’s cool just as many other relics are, I’m not into collectables like that.

I think most people buying them are big fans of the surrounding culture and the history of the individual piece. Not how it performs compared to modern swords.

Maybe a better comparison is antique weapons in general but I’m not sure. I don’t collect vintage guns or anything either. But the same metallurgical argument can be made for the modern Colt Python vs the original.
 
katana were designed for one purpose

contemporary swords of similar shape are generally not designed exclusively for that one purpose, for the simple reason that virtually no one uses swords for that specific task anymore

if you were to transport a samurai from ancient Japan to the set of KoD to watch someone use a katana in that way, he would be disgusted. And at least one person would be headless

imo, of course
 
Lorien said:
katana were designed for one purpose

contemporary swords of similar shape are generally not designed exclusively for that one purpose, for the simple reason that virtually no one uses swords for that specific task anymore

if you were to transport a samurai from ancient Japan to the set of KoD to watch someone use a katana in that way, he would be disgusted. And at least one person would be headless

imo, of course
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Well, the test cuts they reportedly did show a very high level of performance. I didn’t witness them first hand so I don’t know how much truth there was to the stories, but there is in my opinion more myth around their usage than western culture on average seems to believe.

I’m pretty sure a well made Katana/Wakizashi combo in the hands of someone well trained ain’t nothing to fuck with.
 
I put the tiniest deformity in my HDFK batoning some wood. Looks like ~0.5mm of the edge got pushed to the side/dented. It's not a big deal but I'm trying to fix it. I used a hone to try to push the edge back into position but it's still not perfect. Should I keep working the dent with my hone until the edge is perfectly straight again? Not sure if there's a better way to do this or if I should even bother. I'm worried sharpening will take the dent/metal off and leave a small dip in the edge.
 
JustinFournier said:
Well, the test cuts they reportedly did show a very high level of performance. I didn’t witness them first hand so I don’t know how much truth there was to the stories, but there is in my opinion more myth around their usage than western culture on average seems to believe.

I’m pretty sure a well made Katana/Wakizashi combo in the hands of someone well trained ain’t nothing to fuck with.
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Hollywood hype has given the masses a significantly overblown impression of what katanas can do, eg. slicing cleanly through beer bottles, stone pillars, heavy chains etc.

There ARE incredibly well-made antique katana, and some may even come close to the performance of modern steels, but many enthusiasts don't understand that they aren't magic.

I'm a little skeptical of that supposed $5000 katana on KOD. It had the look of a Made In China special, complete with loose, rattling bits. The 'swordsman' wielding it, also had some pretty terrible form/technique. He looked like an adult version of the gif posted above.

I've actually seen someone bend a real shinken on a botched cut in tameshigiri. The instructor advised him to get one of the Made in China swords in the $200 - $700 range specifically for cutting practice, but the guy obviously had more money than brains or skill. Even cutting rolled tatami, botching the cutting angle creates a LOT of lateral force, and with a blade that long and narrow. Yep. Big bend in it. Beautiful sword too :(
 
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