Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoMore people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down116
arrow-up1645arrow-down1imageMore people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick!slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106arrow-down1·2 years agoIt was only folded so many times because the ore on Honshu is pretty low grade and had to have the carbon worked out of it more than European steel.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·2 years agoWait, you mean it’s not because it gives me the ability to part steel plate in a single slash?
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down5·2 years agoYou only get that when you fold it 69 times.
minus-squaremisterundercoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·edit-22 years agoWow you must be a novice if you still need to slash. A true bushido master can cut steel without unsheathing the blade.
minus-squareRaxiel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOnly if you don’t look at it afterwards
minus-squareSigh_Bafanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 years agoAs I understand it, it wasn’t to work the carbon out of it, but instead to simply evenly spread the impurities throughout the whole sword, so there weren’t any specific points of weakness
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoTraditional tomahogonany is still made in small quantities in mud furnaces.
It was only folded so many times because the ore on Honshu is pretty low grade and had to have the carbon worked out of it more than European steel.
Wait, you mean it’s not because it gives me the ability to part steel plate in a single slash?
You only get that when you fold it 69 times.
Nice
Nice
Wow you must be a novice if you still need to slash. A true bushido master can cut steel without unsheathing the blade.
Only if you don’t look at it afterwards
As I understand it, it wasn’t to work the carbon out of it, but instead to simply evenly spread the impurities throughout the whole sword, so there weren’t any specific points of weakness
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Traditional tomahogonany is still made in small quantities in mud furnaces.