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
Lord Pablo said:
whats the difference? density of the body? With enough force, good blade (heck all katanas were a masterpiece) and the right slicing angle, a full grown man would be sweft in twain
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The question is straight down mate...Angle isnt an issue...Straight from the top of the skull right through the torso and out at the groin..
 
Lord Pablo said:
whats the difference?
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A 5 year old boy is generally smaller in height therefore slicing head to toe would be easier than slicing a fully grown 6 foot man head to toe.

Also, the density and strength of the 5 year olds skull/bones would probably be weaker than the fully grown man.
 
Balddog said:
The question is straight down mate...Angle isnt an issue...Straight from the top of the skull right through the torso and out at the groin..
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Ok, i forgot the main topic. yes, straight down would be very very difficult and possibly, impossible.

I just offered my bit of knowledge to tell you that from shoulder to midriff is possible.
 
Drop the sword from a plane.. that'll do it

i heard somewhere if you dropped a piece of **** from a plane (im not referring to a chav here) that it would freeze and become solid enough to smash thru your house and embed itself in the concrete on the ground floor
 
n3vrmind said:
Drop the sword from a plane.. that'll do it

i heard somewhere if you dropped a piece of **** from a plane (im not referring to a chav here) that it would freeze and become solid enough to smash thru your house and embed itself in the concrete on the ground floor
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try it and see
 
Through the head and right down the middle? Probably not. You might make it to the upper chest witha good swing.

I have a demo DVD of some Cold Steel swords. In one of the demos the guy cuts a side of beef in two. The sword went clean through all of the ribs.
 
burnsy2023 said:
I think this is a job for Mythbusters. Anyone got thier e-mail?

Burnsy
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Ive been watching a lot of mythbusters lately, and sadly, they annoy the heck out of me sometimes!

Some of the simplest things they get wrong! The one about using dynamite to get rid of concrete in a truck annoyed me the most. So ok they succeeded in getting it off the sides using the shockwave, but for the big slab, they simple placed the dynamite on top of it. Anyone with a bit of knowledge knows dynamite (and other explosives i imagine) only work when in a confined space, ie, they should have drilled a hole in the slab first!!!

So, dont give them this challenge, they'll only screw it up royally!
 
I remember from Greek ancent history, that during a war someone took his sword and sliced a guy in half. But not with those sissies Japanese katana swords.
 
pyro said:
I remember from Greek ancent history, that during a war someone took his sword and sliced a guy in half. But not with those sissies Japanese katana swords.
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most probably from one of the many greek myths. the swords used by greek soldiers were thrusting swords which could also be used to break bones with a hefty swipe, but they were no where near as sharp as a katana and dont work in the same way. impressive if true though
 
Well it was a long time ago but I recal the attacker to be on a horse, so maybe that helped in the slicing.

Can't you guys think of something non-macabre for a change? :D
 
Not a chance. Having to pass through the skull (which wouldn't be too difficult as you are cutting through a joint at the top of the skull, and the facial part would shatter), the cervical vertebrae (which again you may achieve, as they are relatively small and weak). The katana would most likely be stopped by the sternum (breast bone) and thoracic vertebrae and stop somewhere around that point, if that.

There is no chance in hell that you would be able to cleave all 26 individual bones of the spinal column (especially since the spaces between each would mean an impact after each vertebra, which would mean you could get less far than if it were a sinle long bone), the skull and the sternum in one stroke
 
Right but you don't have to be precisely in the middle, you can go in either side of the spine to avoid the bones.
 
Skunkworks said:
Through the head and right down the middle? Probably not. You might make it to the upper chest witha good swing.

I have a demo DVD of some Cold Steel swords. In one of the demos the guy cuts a side of beef in two. The sword went clean through all of the ribs.
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Off topic
What the hell does your sig say, babel fish is worrying me.

/off topic

Burnsy
 
pyro said:
Right but you don't have to be precisely in the middle, you can go in either side of the spine to avoid the bones.
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But then it wouldn't be in half :confused:

The only lengtwise, vertical cut I can see being effective enough to split someone into two is a slice to either side of the skull that impacts on the shoulder, then slices down to between the legs.

Raymond Lin said:
Slice when done by a human ? I doubt it

Slice with a machine ? Probably
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I personally doubt a machine could achieve it in one continuous stroke
 
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