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:
buy a bigger shop tbh.

No it won't nick, they're effectively laminated carbon steel, not easy to nick.
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Pretty much all of the actual real katanas ive seen have had quite a lot of nicks...
 
Balddog said:
I would LOVE to see a 5 tall guy swing an 11 foot sword with any degree of accuracy and cut through 7 people..Id flippin love it.
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Hehehehe I'm laughing again, more mental images
 
Lopéz said:
Hehehehe I'm laughing again, more mental images
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Artists rendition

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The guy on the end has a sort of evil grin like he knows he'll be coming back even more powerful than he was.
 
Balddog said:
Is that 3.77m long blade the one which cut through the 7 people then?

Im sorry, I dont know what an o-kasa is. If such things are easy, why then is this one sword touted as being so amazing as to be able to cut 7?

I would LOVE to see a 5 tall guy swing an 11 foot sword with any degree of accuracy and cut through 7 people..Id flippin love it.
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Nope, thats just an example.

An example again, nobody said it was amazing.

So would I, unfortunatley H&S says we cant.

Balddog said:
Pretty much all of the actual real katanas ive seen have had quite a lot of nicks...
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They're probably poorly forged then, or cheap copies. Properly folded carbon steel is extremely strong and will not lose its edge easily. The only blades from that period that are stronger are damascus steel blades, which have been shown to cut through rock without losing their edge.
 
Phnom_Penh said:
They're probably poorly forged then, or cheap copies. Properly folded carbon steel is extremely strong and will not lose its edge easily. The only blades from that period that are stronger are damascus steel blades, which have been shown to cut through rock without losing their edge.
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Well they are japanese from the 16th and 17th century :dunno:
 
no way in would it be able to cut through the spine
but it would kill you in one slice indeed you have massive internal damage to the kidney liver lungs and bingo your dead
 
Lopéz said:
I've got a vision of a Samurai butcher now.
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ive found my next occupation lol.
i think its possible to be honest, some of the stupidly expensive katanas out there just fall thru arms/legs etc
 
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