The Hartsfield Katana?

Didn't mean to not answer your question

I believe it was 2

I was actually starting to stop the cut by the time the pic was taken
 
Leu Custom said:
round cotton cord wrapped directly over the full tang then the black flat wrap over and then full epoxied. Tsuka does not come off! Or unravel
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That wouldn't be so much of a concern to me as comfort. I could be wrong and it would be very comfortable, but it just looks kind of thin for my tastes. Nice lines, though. :)
 
JParanee

Is it just me or was that a downward cut followed by a reverse cut? It looks like bits of mat are flying from two levels, and I can tell that mat had clearly been cut once allready by the top angle, so I was wondering. If it was in fact a double cut, Very nicely done. Even if it wasnt, that looks like a pretty clean cut. To me cutting at that angle is more difficult to get clean than a simple downward crosscut.
 
Hi Silverthorn

It was just a simple Kiriage (up ward strike) cut not a double

If it was a Kesa Giri into Kiriage hopefully you would see the first falling mat in the pic :)

What you are seeing above is light coming thru some branches and leaves

Thanks for the kind words

I am not a great cutter by any means but I try :)

My goal is to remain focused on my target (which by the pic you can tell I am) and controling the sword
 
Yes, being wrapped directly over a metal tang does make for somewhat of a hard handle and not
padded like a traditonal katana tsuka with cotton or silk or whatever over rayskin and wood. But.....
man...that thing in the hand is like crazy....it is (like all Hartsfield Swords) sharpened from tip to
plunge line. (unlike most tradtional swords?) which only have the upper portion sharp? (someone
correct me if i'm wrong!)

Check out "Mastering the Samurai Sword" DVD where Phill Hartsfield Sr. is featured in as his swords. The guys doing the cutting are using Hartsfield Katana and Wakizashi throughout the entire DVD. Pretty cool.

FortyTwoBlades said:
That wouldn't be so much of a concern to me as comfort. I could be wrong and it would be very comfortable, but it just looks kind of thin for my tastes. Nice lines, though. :)
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horseclover said:
As seems typical, no answer to a question. Was it one mat or more?

I had baseballed enough bottles in the past and have cut some mats but don't claim any special talents aside from eight stitches between two toes. The cut opened my boot up but then I caught the point on the steel cap and slid the blade down between two when reversing. I used to back hand empty cracker boxes one handed with my medievals and those were somewhat similar rising diagonals. All this almost decade ago. Now on blood thinner after a stroke in 2008 and increasingly blurring cataracts wreaking havoc with depth perception, I have slowed right down but still cut up the occasional carton with sound antiques and a few others I have sharpened.

I ask about the mats more out of curiosity, as I am familiar with cutting Bugei wara and what was once the standard Mugen Dachi tatami. My friend did have a batch of something else last year that was less stiff upright but demanded some follow through to get the job done. As to the baseball swing comment, it does look like the cutter (you?) is trying for the sky and having had my own experience (outlined above) I have learned how to better use the brakes.

So, was it a single beach mat or more?

Cheers

GC

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Joseph is a competent cutter in JSA , HC. I myself have cut five mat rolls in competition, but don't have any pics, sorry. It was at the West Coast TaiKai run by Big Tony Alvarez. The sword used for the cut was borrowed from my Sensei, Masayuki Shimabukuro, Hanshi. It was a CAS Tori Elite, standard Kesa Giri cut. I have never cut a boot with a filled water bottle in it, sorry, don't have a frame of reference, but I do know that if I tried that at the dojo, it would be frowned upon, as would be cutting in street clothes.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
Joseph is a competent cutter in JSA , HC. I myself have cut five mat rolls in competition, but don't have any pics, sorry. It was at the West Coast TaiKai run by Big Tony Alvarez. The sword used for the cut was borrowed from my Sensei, Masayuki Shimabukuro, Hanshi. It was a CAS Tori Elite, standard Kesa Giri cut. I have never cut a boot with a filled water bottle in it, sorry, don't have a frame of reference, but I do know that if I tried that at the dojo, it would be frowned upon, as would be cutting in street clothes.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Wasn't my initial response in this thread regarding beach mats and what looks like a powerful cut?

The post you quote and then offer a resume seems a bit beyond the pale for someone in the JSA camp (and I know well you are). My post with the picture was in response to a challenge to show me cutting. Nothing more, really.

My initial response in this thread, again was about beach mats being easy to cut (and more targeted to another's "like a laser" give me a break already). It was not an attack but perceived as one and taken to task. Followed now by a tsk tsk from a JSA proponent, then a Me To! follow up by a post whore.

We did finally arrive at two beach mats, a controlled cut and a good amount of denigration all around. I am sure sensei is pleased ;) ;) ;) <shrug> What do I know? My only MA schooling was a meager amount of Judo in the early 1960s</shrug>

Cheers

GC
 
Seriously... Wonder what's eating horseclover. Knowledgeable and great guy, from what I've seen thus far, but wow, really taking things personally lately. Hope all is well...
 
Ouch! Where's the love? No need to get all heavy and pull the "post-whore" card over cutting mats and water filled boots, is there?


Thanks for the cool pics everyone!

JParanee - I love the focus in your face as you're showing those mats who's boss :cool:
 
If I am being read as so, so serious; would I even bother to put up a display of my own Darwinism along with a photo of my fat ass cutting something silly (surely as silly as chopping up cinder blocks)?

Instead, I read someone initially ignoring my original question and challenging me instead. ;) In full disclosure and now in response by others, I am being tried again. :D Who is being serious here???

I guess it passes the time. Oh, the horror....the horror of it all.

I think I'll just go sulk until the next old sword rolls in (ironically, a pre WWII Japanese colonial sword).

Knowledgeable my ass. My ass is a lot greater than my knowledge ;) If you are regarding me as my head in my ass, my thoughts would take more than a few hours to find a single relative fact (although if you are looking in there, you are driving too close). On the other hand, the tiny nurse today swooned at my very presence and held me tight while cuffing me. Troubles? I'm not doing too bad for a one eyed fat man.

Cheers

GC
 
giggle

...but seriously, there is something visually very appealing in Phill's work. He had a serious commitment to his style, and it's HIS style!
 
William- I agree.
Phill was a master blade grinder and his blades were so sharp. And, he was always a Gentleman.
 
Are there any other sites with supplemental information on Phil Hartsfield besides the main website? General info on him, knives, swords and the such. Much appreciated for any information, trying to learn a little more.
 
Not really just bits here and there

What do you want o know ?

I knew Phill for well over twenty years and believe it or not I have never cut wih a sword that cut any better than a Hartsfield.
 
Thanks Joe.
The proof of the pudding...
OP- Pohan Leu could answer some of your questions too, along with Joe.
 
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