Poll: Slicing a guy in half with a katana in one blow, possible?

Would a Katana cut you in one blow - head to groin?

  • No chance in hell.

    Votes: 268 56.3%

  • Yes, like a hot knife through butter.

    Votes: 208 43.7%
  • Total voters
    476
Phnom_Penh said:
Nothing in physics makes it impossible. The longest katana I know of is 3.77m long, with a cutting edge of 226.7m. If sharp enough, a blade of that length could easily go through seven people, and with the right cut, like an o-kasa, which is a very easy cut, would cut seven people in half.


I doubt it, firstly "scimitar" was never actually a type of sword, it refers to various middle eastern swords, and the majority of blades were actually thin rather than being wide as they are depicted in films etc. The only way it would be possible, would be if the sword happened to be made from damascus steel, which is possibly the strongest steel compound ever made.
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damascus steel is just a very special kind of heat treated carbon steel so the iron carbide forms a layer that acts as the sharp edge with the iron around it giveing it support and toughness. modern steels are massively stronger and can be made into much better blades. its just about tradition as nobody needs a sword anymore the good replicas etc are made to the technology of the era of the swords not modern day levels.

anyway if i was going to make the perfect sword i would be looking at single crystal diamond much stronge and sharper. it would be unbelievably expensive though
 
Mkay, the force of the Katana will be greately reduced by the bones due to it being more dense than tissue muscle. It will slice through tissue muscel like knife through butter.
But the skull and other bones, naaa! But I reckon if you did it groin upwards, then yes :)
 
my mate showed me a vid on youtube of a crazy japanese guy who was in the streets randomly swinging for people with a katane. it made very clean work of the top of a guy head. :eek: :(
 
geeza said:
my mate showed me a vid on youtube of a crazy japanese guy who was in the streets randomly swinging for people with a katane. it made very clean work of the top of a guy head. :eek: :(
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it would have done :( :mad: sick
 
Katanas are amazing. A friend of mine has one, although his only victims have been melons so far :rolleyes:

The info on the links on the last page is quite amazing!
 
cossey3 said:
damascus steel is just a very special kind of heat treated carbon steel so the iron carbide forms a layer that acts as the sharp edge with the iron around it giveing it support and toughness. modern steels are massively stronger and can be made into much better blades.
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True, but there aren't many reports of people using modern steels to cut people in half, so wootz 1, modern steel 0 tbh :p.
 
Balddog said:
any household steel knife could do the same...bullets are made of lead.
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Sure, but I'm willing to bet that you couldn't shoot any old Kitchen Devils thing with a rifle and expect the bullet to be sliced in two.

After all, diamonds are the hardest thing in the world, but give me a sledgehammer and I bet I can shatter one.
 
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