Katana can cut through things other swords can't. My katana cut through extra mature cheddar, I got some really nice cheese and chipotle sandwiches from it. My bastard sword just bludgeoned the cheese and I had to have a cheese omelette instead. The cheese and chipotle sandwich test proves the superiority of the katana.

@christianwilliams4795

8 жыл бұрын

hehe I want to try this when I get one as well

@TheCrimsonIdol987

8 жыл бұрын

+jaocheu MMmmmm, cheese :D

@Zalibidas

8 жыл бұрын

+jaocheu I tried to cut it with a mace. It asploded. hUUUuuR

@Phillguy

8 жыл бұрын

+jaocheu I bet the Katana couldn't cut the mustard though.....

@kyriss12

8 жыл бұрын

+jaocheu out of my entire collection, I'd have to say my favorite pizza cutter is the claymoore.

"depending on the type of anime". That's the most accurate thing about that median that anyone has ever said.

@SolarDragon007

6 жыл бұрын

Vociferous Enmity It's basically just like saying, "depending on the type of movie".

@bobofcheesecake3282

6 жыл бұрын

All anima sucks, even to two shows I have seen and (cough*) kinda liked, and the one movie that really sucked.

@deemac3470

5 жыл бұрын

@@bobofcheesecake3282 lol "anima"? Is that another way of saying "anime". You clearly havent watched enough anima

@michaelketchelos9308

5 жыл бұрын

Anime and h3nt@! Are different people

@Isegawa2001

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobofcheesecake3282 90% of everything is garbage. That applies to anime. If you want the remaining 10% that are amazing, look for them

Bayonet master race. Turning rifles and muskets into spears/clubs since the 16th Century.

@codyrhodes2473

8 жыл бұрын

+IdleDrifter Repeater Club Master Race...

@codyrhodes2473

8 жыл бұрын

***** I'm sure they were popularized in that time but it takes a while for something to pick up in popularity especially back in the day where word of mouth was the only way. "Hey, cyka, did you hear about this knife be can put on the end of musket?"

@codyrhodes2473

8 жыл бұрын

***** Did I say arqebuse? Did I specify anything? For militaries to use new technology in the 16th and 17th centuries, they would have to hear about the technology, find a blacksmith with the skill to create thousands, have thousands of the item made, and then teach their soldiers how to use it. You're right, that takes years, and towards the end of the 16th century would be about the right amount of time to get all that ready so that they are popular in the 17th. The fact that you're getting so aggressive about something that literally doesn't matter AND you're wrong about it astounds me.

@bornfromfire9379

7 жыл бұрын

Bayonets for the win!!! CHARGE!!!!!!!

@MaxLoafin

7 жыл бұрын

I now want a wakizashi with a bayonet ring on it. Consider me converted lol.

But Shad, didn't you know that katanas are capable of quantum tunneling on demand and can warp spacetime?

@klake5375

6 жыл бұрын

l0l

@outdoorperson6411

5 жыл бұрын

Any good katana has to be infused with the power of our lord and savior shaggy

@chrisfan3450

4 жыл бұрын

The person who wields it can also travel at lightspeed just by lightly kicking off from the ground.

@cardinalwilson8034

4 жыл бұрын

That's quite not true, not all though. Only a few of katanas can cut through space or time. Take yamato for example.

@lupobrando2827

3 жыл бұрын

Ya talking about Yamato

There's no pommel to throw so of course it's inferior to European swords. How are you supposed to end him rightly?

@valance10

7 жыл бұрын

I'm just envisioning a modern military base being attacked by a pommel "What's that on the radar, Jenkins?" "I don't know sir. It's quite small, but it's travelling at a high velocity straight at us." "What the-" *Whole base explodes*

@theone4260

6 жыл бұрын

j jurss Just throw the whole sword.

@remavas7076

5 жыл бұрын

That is *not* how you end thine opponent rightly! The sword makes the pommel ineffective, obviously, that's why you throw it.

@thearchives446

5 жыл бұрын

Troll..

@reesehumphreys9134

4 жыл бұрын

a man of culture

The katana is the only known object that is capable of moving faster than light. This is why it is able to cut light, so when wirlwind swung, creates optical camouflage making the user invisible to others.

@Player_Review

8 жыл бұрын

***** Pommel throwing can rightly end the illusion, but only briefly, so with a bag of pommels one could foil the illusion.

@riukrobu

7 жыл бұрын

Right.

@Player_Review

7 жыл бұрын

***** Neither. I got all the information from old European and Asian manuscripts and effigies, but I can't find the sources to site just now.

@riukrobu

7 жыл бұрын

***** "obviously joking and being funny" is also an option.

@riukrobu

7 жыл бұрын

***** If you think so. In my era a joke was clearly a joke and trolling was "the art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off". Since then the term has evolved, it seems.

"I like swords and I like TRUTH" There's the exact moment I became a fan of your channel.

European knight: Did you see those warriors from Japan? They have curved swords. Curved. Swords!

@zephyrstrife4668

4 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference

@tacticianmatt3791

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, love this ref

@trackernivrig

4 жыл бұрын

Llol nice

@robdomalanta6269

4 жыл бұрын

What is the reference

@tacticianmatt3791

4 жыл бұрын

@@robdomalanta6269 Its a Skyrim reference. A Hold Guard will sometimes talk to you about the Redguard having curved swords.

Overly Sarcastic Productions let people here ! :) great vid shad as always !

@Wheezr

6 жыл бұрын

Yep Yep

Did you know that the Katana is capable of teleporting 2 inches in any direction, and can fart fire.

@clydewilliams6762

4 жыл бұрын

'Tis the truth!

Katana can chop through everything like butter... Except other Katana... It's a fact... I watched enough japanese "documentaries" about it.

@valravn_clips

5 жыл бұрын

GermanCurl So... in this documentaries you’ve watched, there is, by any chance, a guy with red hair that fights with a reverse-bladed katana against a pyromaniac mummy with a fire katana? I know it’s a very specific description, but I’m just curious

My favorite excuse, whenever I show Katana fanboys video evidence that Katana's can't cut through plate armor or chain mail, they always say, "Oh he wasn't trained and wasn't cutting right." Or the classic, "it wasn't forged right."

@etcetera1995

6 жыл бұрын

Oh god, it's No True Scotsman but for swords. The No True Katana fallacy!

@theone4260

6 жыл бұрын

No sword can cut through plate and chainmail. That’s not the purpose of swords.

@aule10

5 жыл бұрын

Well let me tell you something, neither can a longsword :D

@littlehorseyhorsey

5 жыл бұрын

And yet European swords couldn't as well. You mind showing those videos to those fanboys? Thanks. Kek kek

@ofisicrata8605

5 жыл бұрын

*Half-Swording*

I believed katanas could slice through swords until I was 9 and thought "wouldn't katanas just chop through each other? Making swords useless"

As a general counterpoint to some of the more extreme bashers, you have to take something in consideration. If the weapon really seriously sucked, would it have still been used for so long? You can only wage war for so long with a shitty weapon. (And yes i know, as in most historical warfare, swords generally weren't the main weapon used.) Personally i just like the sword because it's pretty both in real life and in media (Drawings/3D Renders), and it generally feels nice to hold and use. But i'm not a weapon-ist. Even is something's my "favorite" in a category doesn't mean everything else is trash! Another example, i think revolvers are the nicest-looking handguns, yet i can really appreciate others.

@Jukkaimaru

5 жыл бұрын

The usual basher's response to that is "well the Japanese were ridiculously hidebound and inflexible thinkers who never encountered other methods of warfare that would have necessitated any evolution in their sword design". Which we know not to be the actual case from historical records--there are plenty of accounts from the first Mongol invasion of Japan where the tachi of the day were getting damaged excessively or even broken in hard use against Sino-Mongol opponents' hardened leather armor. Methods of crafting blades were adjusted, new techniques to produce more robust blades were adopted, and it apparently paid off in the second invasion. (The big defensive wall at Hakata Bay helped quite a bit *more*, mind, but yeah. XD)

@HiddelS143

2 жыл бұрын

Japan was very isolated for a majority of it’s history, even practicing self isolation and putting foreigners who landed on their shores to death. They never had their weaponry challenged which is why the katana never really changed. Medieval European weaponry changed so much because Europeans were constantly at war with one another and even foreign nations with completely alien weaponry. They had to change their weapon designs to constantly outmatch each other or get around each others’ armor. Katanas weren’t used for so long because they’re “just that good”. The Japanese just had no reason to change the way they made swords.

@TheFifthCrow

2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree, katanas feel nice and also look amazing. Also, the main point I have that katanas are good is that there are still martial arts practiced today with katanas. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t know of any medieval sword martial art outside of Larp. Although katanas didn’t see very many other swords, the mogul’s swords did when they conquered China. When the samurai fought them, the samurai did get beaten in multiple places. But samurai still won quite a lot, and their swords held up to a long fight pretty well. I do enjoy seeing shad’s content, but his constant bashing of katanas hurts a little. The samurai made a weapon that suited their fighting style, and they were some of the fiercest warriors of their time.

@manupontheprecipice6254

Жыл бұрын

@@HiddelS143 Except by the time the Japanese started the "Sakoku" (Isolation) much of the world had moved past the point of medieval warfare. And even long before the phasing out of the medieval (or Sengoku Period) weaponry, the Japanese had already adopted the use of rifles in the tactics and warfare... while still utilizing the katana. And once the Meiji Restoration had finished, Japan had modernized it's military and tactics that its katanas were seen more as a status symbol than anything else, but it was still a weapon. Or more funnily: Western romanticized samurai: "I will not disgrace myself with a firearm. I shall instead face my opponent with honor and my tachi." Real Samurai: "Shit, ran out of ammo and lost my bow, my yari and my naginata. Well old buddy old pal, looks like you're all that's left." *Dies in a last stand wielding his last weapon*

You just described the reality of journalism - being truthful and accurate *to the best of your abilities* while remaining at the mercy of your sources of information. I wish more people understood this.

Shad, you did make a quite decent research here, and I want to say thanks for a good job done.

I never see Katana enthusiasts in the comment section, making absurd remarks -- I only see pompous European sword enthusiasts, sarcastically making absurd remarks about the Katana.

@manpotion

5 жыл бұрын

Same. Also, people who make the "End him rightly" pommel-throwing joke ad naseum are proof that selective genocide might not be such a bad idea every so often.

@mambaramba

4 жыл бұрын

@@manpotion the pommel joke is an inside joke. Nobody takes it seriously.

@manpotion

4 жыл бұрын

@@mambaramba Can it still be considered an inside-joke when it shows up in every 3rd comment?

Hi, absolutely love your work. I really hope you can explain a bit about Damascus blades as I really don’t know much about it, thank you.

oh dang. youtube vids titled "Katana Vs" seem to get sooo much more hits than "Katana Truth". great stuff, thanks :)

This honestly is the most definitive summary about katana culture in a series. Its so perfect, its so true you really can put then into two camps between bashers and fanboys. You however come at it from a realistic POV. it's great!!! this really settles the truth once and for all.

"depending on the TYPE of anime"... (Just earned my like)

I have watched all 5 videos about this now,,I read many books about swords (not that there is that many good ones out there) :) But I like too get pas all the myths too, both in pop culture and even historical ..I find the katana extremely interesting and beautiful in many ways. But it is everything that it is not that is the most interesting about it...There is religion and fantasy, and then there is science and facts.. It is videos like this that makes katanas very interesting swords to read about...not the ones that mythologies them.. A Thanks here from Denmark,,,,Very very good stuff sir ... :0)

@shadiversity

8 жыл бұрын

+Morten Christensen Well thank you from Australia sir! I'm honored you found my videos informative.

@charliebaker1427

8 жыл бұрын

+I am Shad personally i actually like a ninjato more thrn a katana

@vukradevic794

8 жыл бұрын

+Reichtangle It actually was meant for unarmored combat. It's far from decent, as it was brittle, and broke quite easily. It's an inferior sword, but impressive, considering it was made from ''pig iron''. It lack versitility, meaning a longsword has more uses. Since a long sword can slash, pierce and half-sworded (Either using it as a longer dagger, or a hammer). You can't halfsword a katana.

@morten1975dk

8 жыл бұрын

+Vuk Radevic pig iron? What is that?

@vukradevic794

8 жыл бұрын

Morten Christensen Extremely low quality iron. That's why they folded it a lot, to compensate. Japan didn't have quality iron.

It is not inherently a great sword. 1 It is primarily a slashing/cutting weapon so armor can be troublesome. 2 The curviture of it's blade makes it hard to properly stab an opponent. 3 Using your pinkys as the source of power for swings is tricky to get the hang of. However Samurais used MANY MANY different kinds of weapons other than a katana. A good indication that it is not an end all weapon is the fact that Japan has a large diversity of weaponry. Signifying that certain weapons have certain uses.

@Facehate666

8 жыл бұрын

+jgarfunkle Well, it was a sidearm. It was never meant to fight armor, and even then, armor wasn't much of a thing in Japan. So it was never meant to fight armored foes. Nor was it really meant to be used as a main weapon in battle. Such roles were fitted for polearms.

@phaenon4217

8 жыл бұрын

+Ouroboros "armour wasn't much of a thing in japan" They had iron breastplate and metal helms. The "Kut-ana" specifically was almost useless in Japanese battlefields when the samurai wore their armour.

@Facehate666

8 жыл бұрын

Their arms, legs and shoulders were oft exposed. Also, I'm pretty sure that not everyone that fought on a battlefield wore armour. Secondly, I did make it a point to say that katanas were a sidearm and used only at the last minute because they'd have been using polearms.mastur cheef in HD

@adenyang4398

6 жыл бұрын

By the 16th century, Japanese armors were quite sophisticated. While it may be easy to see some gaps, people often wore various accessory pieces and Kikko brigandine under the main pieces of the armor. So no huge gaps there; people liked to survive, and they used armor because it worked. In regards to thrusting with a semi-curved blade, it is done a little differently from a straight sword, but it's still very effective.

@36inc

6 жыл бұрын

personally I prefer Ninja style short swords (the more straight ones with no gaurd on them they werent meant to be clashing blades and werent meant to have a reply for their assaults so Concealing them was better M.O.) japanese weapons were pretty diverse making them great for art, Media especially videogames where you could put loads of unique weapon styles in your game without including any other culture making fuedal japan(or more accurately) the hundred something years the shogunate were fighting a great period to set games books and Movies. at the same level as ancient rome or Medievil europe. theres alot of warrior cultures in asia- the mongols especially but in order to stand out in history you have to have something pretty unique and immediatly interesting and Japan with its art and Warriors unique set of weaponry armor and aesthetic was a perrfect fit for the romantic reading the west has been fan of since the 1800s.

Grolious Nippon steer! Forded 9000 times!

@imparticle9

7 жыл бұрын

That's racist, it's" grorious"

@JSHADOWM

7 жыл бұрын

GURORIOUSSU NIPPON STEEIIRUU~!

@MrGamerman001

7 жыл бұрын

Dishonorabru commentu!

@MrChickennugget360

7 жыл бұрын

so cut, much sword, very steel!

@CRT601

7 жыл бұрын

nipple steel

I am glad I stumbled upon your channel...Super Fun! Thx

On the MG vs sword topic, I wonder if anyone has tried it with the barrel red hot. I've seen videos of what happens when MGs are fired continuously without allowing them to cool off, the barrels can actually get so hot they droop, warp, and eventually burst apart. Under normal operating conditions this would never be allowed to happen. However, during heavy, desperate fighting, such as fighting off japanese human wave attacks armed with swords and bayonets, it's not inconceivable for some marine to stay on the trigger so long that his 1919 gets glowing red. I highly doubt it would cut clean through, but I could see a sword leaving a pretty good notch, based on what the mythbuster's sword did to a cold barrel. Either way, it would likely destroy the barrel, even if the user somehow survived the encounter, that MG is toast. Add in a bit of good old fashioned battlefield exaggeration, and the story changing as it passes around, and you have a "It cut through a MG barrel" myth started

For anyone wondering what the whole series is like, I would definitely suggest you watch it. It is a lot longer than I expected it to be, but it doesn't just cover the katana. The series goes over things like the physical properties of swords and looks at each feature of the katana in a fair way and says what is good and what is bad about it. I know a lot more than I did before, and while I still believe (and rightly so with the information I learned) that the katana is not the best sword, it's definitely got some features that could be desirable. I recommend this 5 part series, but set yourself out some time as the last video is nearly 50 minutes long.

3:19 "I like swords and I like truth" So, how do you feel about Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series? :D

@Carewolf

7 жыл бұрын

It is pretty shit.

I was not interested in swords or history of the era until I found this channel. Shad is a nice guy to listen to and easy to understand for a non native english speaker like me. He does excellent job.

Shad, I love your videos so much xD

A Berserker with a katana can beat Goku and Superman; not even Chuck will have a chance.

@Axileoni

7 жыл бұрын

not chuck man!

@nonoun9619

7 жыл бұрын

Hans Ybarra But he can't remove the pommel and end them rightly

The Japanese would have won WWII if they had loaded their planes with Katanas instead of bullets. A Katana is the only thing that can kill Chuck Norris...maybe.

@balintkristof8442

7 жыл бұрын

bullshit. there are no metals that can hurt chuck norris. the only thing that can hurt him is the material that nokia 3310s are made out of.

@pasteleater1527

7 жыл бұрын

But bruce Lee beat him.

@balintkristof8442

7 жыл бұрын

+l'Entité Humaine his bones were made from that material

@F-thirteen

4 жыл бұрын

From my understanding, some if not all the pilots that stormed pearl harbour did bring a katana with them

same with me. the first time i learned about the katana i thought that it was the best think ever. so i when out and bought one and sharpen it up and started cutting thou wood and bottles and it was good. i believe everything that people said about it... till i gave it to my dad and he hit the bottle side ways and bent it the sword. so over the next 3 days i learned that folded steel and a thick spine that the katana has not alot of flex. after that i got a cold steel grosse messer and man it was amazing and it can flex and can take a beating. that was when i started to think that the katana was crap and just a down right horrible sword. but i got cocky again. and i try to cut thou glass with my messer and... it had two mean dents and a rip in the blade. i try my best to fix it with a file. maybe a mouth in i learned that a katana is equal to a messer. maybe not a gross messer but a Swiss messer. and i do like both of them but over time i learn to love longswords and in my own opinion. its better in more moves sets and the longer blade and also being two bladed. it just more.... "functional" really thou a one sided sword like a katana is good in its own ways. its easier with edge alinment and it had amazing cutting power. over all both swords are good in there own way and a katana and longsword and messer are just swords. "aka sharpen metal bar"

@shadiversity

8 жыл бұрын

+NightShade “starfury was here” Fox Hey thanks for sharing this! I agree completely. In the end of the day any swords is really just a sharpened bit of steel. Sometimes people can surround certain swords, both European and Asian, with a level of awe and mysticism (something I have even done) that blinds them from the facts.

@thegreatlemmon7487

8 жыл бұрын

I am Shad no problem. I'm quite a fan actually. I can't wait for the next part and I'm curious my self on how they are built ^-^

@thegreatlemmon7487

8 жыл бұрын

***** thats alot of words. look i too thought that the katana was the best thing out there but as i collected more and more swords i learned that all swords are good at what they do. they should not be judged and whats better at what or whos better then who. it is as simply as that. . also i may or may not be mis reading your comment

@thegreatlemmon7487

8 жыл бұрын

***** it's ok ^-^ I toke you the wrong way. I'm glad that we understand each other

@charliebaker1427

8 жыл бұрын

to be fair you never really a 2nd edge as any reverse cut with the other edge has no real power

Just earned yourself a sub. Haven't even watched the other 3 parts yet lol

Gotta give it to Shad, his heart was misled and broken. Twice.

so if katana is the japanese word for sword, does that mean that they call all the european swords katanas?

@DeathsHood

8 жыл бұрын

They have a few words for sword, I believe, and katana is used specifically for 'the katana' as far as I know. Tachi or Ken would probably be used for other swords.

@acuerdox

8 жыл бұрын

I did a little search in google, but the only thing I manage to find was this www.homejapan.com/japanese-words-1 it says that katana is used for different things in japan. and that is all I got.

@DeathsHood

8 жыл бұрын

+acuerdox So single edged, curved sword... Makes sense, I suppose. So tachi would probably mean the same thing, and ken or tsurugi would probably refer to straight swords.

@Little_b0t

8 жыл бұрын

+acuerdox Ken is the word for any kind of sword. hense Kendo meaning way of the sword.

@acuerdox

8 жыл бұрын

Dork Flum thanks

One misunderstanding about the origin of information about the katana, has to do with the way Japanese heroic fantasy is written versus the way Western heroic fantasy is written. In the Western tradition, a Sword might be magical, and thus cut through things other swords won't. We often ascribe these supernatural qualities to items as part of our fantasy stories. But in the Eastern tradition, you are less likely to find a magic sword as a plot device, as a magical fighting technique. Eastern fantasy prefers for magical power to be an ability learned rather than an object obtained. Thus it is the technique, not the sword itself, that enables cutting through impossible materials. Thus, when Western audiences watch Japanese stories, they often misunderstand the nature of what they are being shown, and why certain things are attributed with the capabilities they have.

i think alot of people that love katanas know its not the perfect sword ever, thats a stupid miss conception held by people who dont even own a sword or know anything about them. i collect katanas and i love them, and i dont think its the perfect sword ever, but its god awful annoying that everyone thinks your a stupid fan boy when you stick up for the blade at all, when people from the uk who say stupid things like "katana does not stand a chance vs a long sword" or some bullshit about metal armor making them useless. i dont understand how as katana is so much less effective vs armor, when both a samurai and a knight of any culture, would switch to a blunt weapon for armor. i think the katana is an amazing beautiful sword. it has a length that i like, and its highly manuverable while also keeping a two handed option for holding. its a well rounded weapon that can thrust cut and chop very well. it can also keep a very very sharp edge, because its edge is made hard. the only way it can keep that hard edge without breaking is a soft back, its very intelligently designed. also the katana blade itself had great artistic value because of the unique hamon designs and grains in the blade. the katana blade is not perfect, they break, ive broken one, they tend to chip on the edge because its so hard. the katana also absorbs shock extremely well and i dont think anyone really talks about that. you dont hurt your hands on a clash. people think you cant even block with a katana, i have an antique and you can see where the blade was cut into on the sides and back, the owner used it to block and counter with a slash. its very common technique to block above the head or along your back, and come around under the sword after blocking.

@abonynge

8 жыл бұрын

+derp man Actually European knights would often use their swords against armored opponents if they did not have a pick or blunt weapon. There are openings in the armor that can be stabbed into, and for killing a bludgeoned opponent they often used their swords for a coup de grace. The samurai mainly used the Katana for cutting down unarmored opponents. Against another samurai they would likely draw their wakizashi as most samurai did not carry a blunt weapon. The wakizashi was their honor sword and was much shorter than the katana allowing more agile use to fight around armor and allowed the use of martial arts to help disable opponents for a coup de grace. About your mention of breaking swords and the hardness of a katana. Extreme hardness such as that is rarely seen in long swords due to making them more prone to breaking, thus why the katana is often seen as a lesser sword than European swords. Except it comes with an impressive advantage, in a sword fight you often parry with the edge, a softer more flexible metal as seen in European swords will receive damage and chips far more easily than a katana would. Every time a blade receives damage along the blade it becomes less suitable for slicing. Which was the intended purpose of a katana, which is also why it is curved. This is also why steel scimitars and khapeshes tend to be much harder steel than straight swords. The argument as to whether a katana is superior to a European sword is a moot point. They are different swords, designed for different use, in different cultures, carried by different fighters, who were trained to use their sword to it's full potential.

@nonanon666

3 жыл бұрын

@@abonynge the harder steel of a katana's edge makes it more prone to chipping, not less. Softer steels dent and deform, harder steels, chip, crack, and shatter. The advantage of a harder steel edge is that it will *retain* a sharp edge for longer, without rolling over, deforming, and dulling. Source: twenty years using knives every day as a butcher.

@abonynge

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonanon666 While this is true for kitchen use, the harder steel will damage the edge of softer steel further because we are talking about edge to edge impacts and not cutting flesh. For the slaughter of a rebelling lower class as the samurai and knights were primarily used for, the Katana is better for cutting through 1 person while the European Longsword is better for cutting through several for the reasons you mention. Again different benefits, different masteries.

A sword is only as good as its user. A newbie using a lightsaber will be destroyed by a pro wielding a wooden sword. Same applies to martial arts.

@WulfricUlfang001

8 жыл бұрын

+zerospin In essence I mostly agree, Miyamoto Musashi won the majority of his duels with bokken. Now that is not to say good equipment or the right equipment does not matter at all, just the who probably makes the greatest difference than the what. There are other variables you can include too, but I think you get what I mean.

@deemac3470

5 жыл бұрын

David did take goliath down with a tiny rock.

@williamlindroos2250

5 жыл бұрын

And I doubt the woodensword would be a match against a lightsaber. But I get your point.

@theshooster420

4 жыл бұрын

yeah no. if said newbie even knows how to swing his weapon without killing himself, he wins. now if the newbie had a spear and shield, and the pro had a rondel dagger, that would be a more applicable comparison.

i really like you videos please keep them coming

Plenty of swords can chop through a machine gun barrel, you realize that thin steel that is very hot doesn't make for something too resilient.

@williamlindroos2250

5 жыл бұрын

We got a weeeeeeb

There's no more annotations, so I'm just seeing Shad pointing at katanas and screaming.

The end joke with the links was silly.. but fun! I admit, it made me chuckle a little. Probably helped that you went full Donald Duck in the end there, so much frustration!

For some reasons I happen to encounter more katana basher than katana basher. Is it a bad thing that everywhere I end up people are HEAVILY disliking what I like? I think not. It lets me keep a clear view about stuff. I prevents me from falling to the magic of mystification but it also makes me appreciate the good things about the katana. I still just wonder why "katana fanboys" are actually STILL A THING while I sololy encounter "katana basher". This is even literally the first source I have ever seen that gives this group of individuals a name. Never befor have I come to the enjoyment of givinng this unfought evil a name. I mean, while katana fanboys get their myths debunked pretty quickly it appears that there are almost no unclear misconceptions about the katana anymore on the internet because below every video/article that includes information about the katana or the samurai people go apeshit about it, trying to tear everything good about it apart. This is VERY sad. Because, in my opinion, the "cure" has become an even greater evil. Katana basher actually don't stop after debunking myths, they actually start a whole new "reversed mystification" or even start to mystificate other swords, e.g. the longsword, over the katana. Not only that, the katana basher are actually making fun of anyone that is just loving the katana or the samurai culture in general with unjustified over-exaggerations and comparing them with fanboys.

That Video thumbnail... One oft the best.

Recently watched this, so stopping back on by to leave a like a comment.

*Please do a sword ( & other weapons ) techniques ( skills / moves ) series .*

No one thinks a Katana is magical, but it is a fine piece of engineering

Speaking of Rurouni Kenshin, do you think you'll ever do a review of a sakobato?

I find this series worthwhile and think that more "Truth About the [insert sword name here]" should be made. Now because of the comparison we see is Samurai, the most well-known users of the Katana because of popular media, and Knights. Now a whole other series could be could be spent debunking the misconception of either, some people on youtube have done just that, but for the time being, I'm focusing on the swords they carried. Popular media says that Knights most commonly carried the Longsword, which is already massively wrong due to the fact that historical records show the vast majority of knights preferred the broadsword. Now, I think videos regarding the truths about both would be beneficial, mostly because it helps in setting things straight. I would prefer, in that regard, that you start with the longsword, mostly on account that it most commonly seen as a weapon carried by iconic European warrior figures. The series could probably branch out to other weapon tyes, such as axes and bows and debunk their misconceptions too.

nobody: ducks when you give them bread: 8:00

I like katanas but i think that katanas are overrated. European swords are good too and they do the job quite good.

+acuerdox Quite possibly. They also have the word "to", which means the same thing and is written with the exact same character - it's just a different reading of the same written word. And it goes the other way around, too: I once ordered an Iaito which shipped from France, and the customs declaration had it marked down as "Sabre Japonais", or "Japanese sabre".

Going back to suggest university-themed alternate titles as though these were courses you could take. This one could be, "Swords 111: Introduction to Katanas".

I love greatswords and katanas. My fav swords. x) Maybe a modern day sword could chop through another sword, but the one it's chopping through would have to be a fake one or made incorrectly (bad steel or heating), which would cause it to be brittle and other things could also cause the sword to snap anyway. I saw a fake katana break when tapped against a table on the shopping network. The piece of metal hit the dude in the gut and he had to go to the hospital asap. lol Edit: Did he morph into a wolverine at the end??

The Katana has its strengths and its weaknesses like any other sword or any weapon in general, the katana is a very nice looking sword, but if I could choose I would've rather use a European sword, probably a hand-and-a-half sword or a falchion. Btw nice video, don't know why you don't have more subs.

*brought in by magnificent discussion of swords* *distracted by very similar accent to Tim Minchin*

THANK YOU!! I've been getting tired of repeating the same facts to katana fanboys. Now I'm going to send this video.

Great video, could you please share your sources ?

My katana is so very sharp that it can cut itself in half

The machine gun barrel thing has an angle I've never seen anyone cover yet. When you shoot a machine gun a lot, the barrel gets very very hot. When it's hot it's softer and easier to cut through. Does this make it soft enough to cut through? Beats the fuck out of me, it might and it might not. I'd be interested to find out for sure.

@SidewaysGts

7 жыл бұрын

"The machine gun barrel thing has an angle I've never seen anyone cover yet. When you shoot a machine gun a lot, the barrel gets very very hot. When it's hot it's softer and easier to cut through. Does this make it soft enough to cut through? Beats the fuck out of me, it might and it might not. I'd be interested to find out for sure." Mythbusters covered this exact thing extensively. Take it with a grain of salt- But the answer is no lol

@grimreaper3882

6 жыл бұрын

The machine gun thing if I remeber corectly is because of a "History" Channel documentary made with an old fart that was a US general or what ever. That guy made tons of bullcrap "documentaries" about why the AK is inferior to the US rifle, how mail armor is useless and so on. I have no idea why anyone would think that a series where they put a sword in the hands of someone who has never fucking held anything else than a handgun in them is something to be trusted but hey, people are people.

I just got a shad video as an ad on another shad video. This is shadception.

Can someome tell me if wearing a katana on your right side is the correct way and why?

1:04 Actually, in most anime I aw(especially Samurai x), certain samurai could cut through all sorts of stuff not because of their swords(even tough they were hinted at being good), but because the fighters themselves were very strong and skilled.

i like the katana but the thing i like the most is just the the stories and the way they are the tradional way they are made and the japanese and samurai myths and legends

The last bit is hilarious at 2x speed. Especially the Donald Duck noise

if you tried to block a downward swing from a greatsword with the katana would the katana break ?

@StonesSticksBones

2 жыл бұрын

No, unless it was badly made, it might get a bit bent (which is what they're designed to do under high stress)

katanaer lol

@shadiversity

8 жыл бұрын

+Adrian Perez yeah, I have a very weird accent.

@chesterbesterfeild

7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say its weird if you are used to hearing people talk with it like I am. But I do sometimes have to decipher if you just said "um, a...." or "armor"

Good source is from Begin Japanology series.. actually that whole series is awesome, I learned a lot about Japanese culture from that show.

Hey Shad, what’s the deal with Damascus Steel?

The katana is definitely my favourite sword, but nit because it’s ‘magical’ I love the technique and culture behind it. Also it looks nice, very nice.

When made proper the hourglass shape along with the components of the handle is what makes the katana my choice.

A katana that slices the world in half sounds like a story that exist

I enjoy your​ videos very much. I have a question about the katana. Why the long handle with a fairly short blade? My martial arts training has been mostly in Chinese systems. In Kung Fu we have the Miao Dao which is the two handed long saber that the Japanese katana supposedly evolved from. The Miao Dao is long so it requires a long handle for two hands. Much like the European long and great swords but the katana has a blade that's pretty much the same length as a western one handed saber. So why did the Japanese have that long handle? Why didn't they do something like the Chinese one handed Dao? Just curious. Thanks for your time. 👍😆 Trace from Ohio.

@grimreaper3882

6 жыл бұрын

I personally guess that lack of good material is one of them. Another would be the evolution of the martial arts and maybe just a style choice. In my experience I did not find weapons that where meant to be 1 handed a problem with a two handed handle (god my english here). It also gives a bit more control, speed and power on the swings, especially if you don't use shields so I guess that was enough of a reason to them? Just throwing ideas here, don't really know.

I wanted to watch this little series again and guess what I noticed first? It's already getting close to being five years old!

well done

An aspect mentioned in another katana video from this channel, the claim that the curve has no clear advantage is unfortunately quite wrong.

I like your style, Shad.

@shadiversity

8 жыл бұрын

+Semiotichazey Thank you my friend!

@trollmastermike52845

7 жыл бұрын

berserk the only anime you should watch the old one

@capscaps04

7 жыл бұрын

+RIDE_ THE_LIGHTNING 117 it sucks.

@capscaps04

7 жыл бұрын

+RIDE_ THE_LIGHTNING 117 you can't even see what's going in the actionoments with those freeze picture slowly zooming out.

Question: Is there a one-handed equivalent of a Katana? What's that called?

@blitcut9712

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Campbell I'm no expert but I believe a Wakizashi is what you're looking for.

I don't really like the phrase that "X weapon is not a good weapon." I honestly don't think it matters what kind of weapon it is, it depends on it's user.

on top of the screen thing to your left is that a katana or a tai-chi

In WWII the pacific theater saw frequent use of the M1919A4 .30 caliber belt fed machine gun. The soldiers firing this would fire thousands of rounds out of them in short periods of time. There had been barrels seen to have gotten so hot the metal actually deformed and the gun having catastrophic failures. Also if the gun got this hot it would cook off rounds meaning it would fire without you pulling the trigger. At these extreme of temperatures a katana could theoretically cut the metal. The Mythbusters tested on room temperature barrels. That is an inconclusive test as it does not reflect the legends. Now, the chances that a machine gun barrel was ever cut in combat is abysmally low due to the fact if you were that close to the enemy you kill him instead of targeting his firearm.

@grunt226

8 жыл бұрын

+Madra I came to make this point, MG barrels would get red/white hot and a Katana (probably most quality cutting sword) could most likely cut through maleable hot steel... it is definitely misleading to say "A katana can cut through a Machine Gun Barrel" without noting other conditions. It is noted that Japanese soldiers would disable MGs when able, cutting with a sword is probably a less likely and efficient means and requires the proper conditions but I bet it had happened more than a few times, if not to simply perpetuate fear in the hearts of their enemies. After all, War isnt necessarily about killing each other to extinction but rather beat, hurt and scare the other side enough to make them give up.

@abonynge

8 жыл бұрын

Michael Rafferty True, even if it was only done once, the soldiers who saw it would repeat it for the rest of the war.

Old good Kenshin Himura :D

As a Kenjutsu practitioner, I find that a lot of stuff is said about the engineering of the Katana (some great other rubbish) but what I find interesting about the weapon are how the techniques developed to suppress the weapons flaws (and yes, the Katana has a lot of those), but on a technical level, the usage of it is awesome and unlike most I've seen. For example, the esgrima school of Florence makes huge emphasis on the game - the distance and spacing - which is great, but the actual cut by putting your weight on the movement, centered to your body, is completely neglected.

cool chair. I should buy one like that..

but the links are in the description on the left side not the right side

Can any of you fine gentledouches please direct me to the video where he talks about the katana being a backup weapon?

I'm from Overly Sarcastic Productions. Blue spoke highly of you.

I obviously get and agree with the reason you felt you had to do a "disclaimer", but I also feel that it's pretty sad that said disclaimer is necessary in the first place. The internet has a strange way of making people feel perpetually butthurt lol.

Anyone have a clue what the sword on the bottom of the tv is?

The issue of a katana breaking WII gun barrels, both sides of the war explained that they have witnessed the issue. Myth busters failed because, They did not actually go through the entire experiment. Only a small section. BlackSmiths explain that during sword creation that if you make a mistake the blade will shatter. The Gun barrels going through the same process. IF you watch the show Forged in Fire, you will see people make the mistake, and the scientific reason why the metal breaks up. Under the right conditions steel can become so brittle that it breaks up like paper due to micro fractures.

This is an excellent series filled with good information. But there are a few other facts you might have mentioned that are relevant to your case. First you probably should have more historical context. The first Samurai were archers. The second wave of Samurai were mounted lancers, These weapons are of course weapons that are useful in massed combat. But the cult of the Katana stems from the third wave of Samurai during the long period of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Around 1600 Ieyoshi Tokugawa unified Japan after centuries of civil war. The major weapon that was responsible for this break in the long stalemate was the musket. The Japanese got firearms from the Portuguese. Tokugawa immediately set about ridding Japan of firearms and instituted a sword cult. There was some dueling at first like that of Musashi but over the next two centuries dueling too was suppressed. Disputes between Samurai were resolved by the dictates of the daimyo (clan leader). The loser was expected to simply kill himself. Consequently later Samurais carried around the traditional two swords but they seldom practiced. In Europe at this time (17th and 18th century) the swordsmen were probably more skilled because of all the dueling required of gentlemen. A Samurai probably only got to use his sword when he chopped down a peasant. The Asians warriors most formidable in war were not the Japanese but rather the Mongols. When the Mongols attacked Japan the accounts at the time tell of how the Samurai's swords bent and broke against the Mongol sabers. Fortunately for Japan, they got a break from the weather (Kamikazi). The reason why the Katana was so primitive was because the Tokugawa shogunate had tried to isolate Japan from the rest of the world and to freeze all technological progress. The Shoguns tore down bridges and took the people off horseback and put them back on foot. No guns, no horses, and old fashion swords. It was all part of their anti-technology policy. That's why when Perry sailed into Tokyo harbor with "The Black Ships" it was so amazing that Japanese suddenly reversed two hundred and fifty years of their history and embraced Western ideas and technology.

it's all about what the sword is made of a katana can cut through another katana if one is harder. something sharper and harder will cut through something softer. chain mail is designed to divert the cut into angles like the tank does with shells. i'm sure a titanium katana would cut through something a normal katana couldn't. the sharpness matters as well.

so uh..... link to that shirt anywhere?

Blue sent me

katana basher? I do believe those are called blacksmiths....

Researching is the best way to know the truth

Cant wait to see how much I get wrong about my favorite type of weapon. And I'm being seriously.

I noticed you used Rurouni Kenshin when mentioning the katana's super human properties. For that, I strongly recommend using that scene at Kanryu's mansion, where Kenshin gets pissed at Kanryu and slices through a gas lap and sends it crashing into the side of the mansion, with one swing, just to prove his point. There is not fucking way and thing can do that.

I teach Kenjutsu, and I am still not a "Fan-boy" A good sword, is a good sword, a bad one can bend break or shatter. Balance is also an issue, a poorly balanced Katana, facing a well balanced English long Sword, will be slow, and clumsy. (Even if the Kanana is lighter) All things equal with the blades, the skill of the wielders will be the factor on who would survive in real combat.

@williamlindroos2250

5 жыл бұрын

The katana breaks so much eiser so its not just the skill.