Wow, Long Sword is Crap vs. Japanese Katana Samurai Sword

[Genghis Khan]

Wow, Long Sword is Crap vs. Japanese Katana Samurai Sword

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDkoj932YFo

[Wolfenkalt]

Although I hated this show toward the end, this test kinda ♥♥♥♥♥ on the katana

[Wolfenkalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFu11mSutd0

[LizBlizz]

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[Disabled Velociraptor]

Originally posted by Wolfenkalt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFu11mSutd0

Slashing power versus chainmail is a very pointless argument, it was designed to do exactly what the video showed. Thrusting attacks with pointed weapons make short meat of chainmail.

[Wolfenkalt]

Last I checked, the katana is primarily a slashing weapon, no?

[We are in the Beam]

Glorious nippon pigiron!

[Wolfenkalt]

I don't think pigiron would be an accurate statement, as that would involve heating the iron to liquid and pouring them into pigs, which I don't believe is the process in making a katana

[Wolfenkalt]

ah, just researched a little and found that that is part of the process

[Mononymouse]

Originally posted by Wolfenkalt:

Although I hated this show toward the end, this test kinda ♥♥♥♥♥ on the katana

The katana beat the crap out of the longsword in this video...

[Wolfenkalt]

I guess if your opponents are made of ice blocks then yes.

[Wolfenkalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYvwEnKRjA

[Mononymouse]

Originally posted by Wolfenkalt:

I guess if your opponents are made of ice blocks then yes.

Unless your opponent is wearing something hard like metal, the katana is going to out perform standard european swords...
If a katana was slashing with another weapon it was weak, and would fail, they trained to avoid attacks entirely, to deliver their blow.
This is why katana can be so sharp, as they are intended to cut through something like flesh.

Long swords are designed to be resilient, so they can block another sword, and still keep on ticking, so not nearly as much tempering is put into them, as a katana.
katana are more brittle, so their edge can be sharp.

in an armored battlefield, the long sword wins.
in a non armored battlefield, the katana wins, as it can cleave through most non metal materials, atleast deeply enough to cause massive damage.

Katana and longswords each have their own specialized job, and they are very good at them.
But to try to say a katana is worse at doing its job than a longsword? you would need to move a serious goal post lmao.

easiest way for a longsword to beat a katana, is to simply clash with it. as the high temper will likely break the katana, allowing you to defeat an opponent with a broken weapon.

[Wolfenkalt]

To be fair, I never stated the Katana is worse then a longsword. The topic of this thread is how a Katana kicks a longswords ass. I said it doesn't, which doesn't equal me saying longword is better than katana. I fully agree with your statement of their differing uses.

[Nemsalo]

lol

[LizBlizz]

Originally posted by Wolfenkalt:

To be fair, I never stated the Katana is worse then a longsword. The topic of this thread is how a Katana kicks a longswords ass. I said it doesn't, which doesn't me saying equal longword is better than katana. I fully agree with your statement of their differing uses.

The "Katana is the strongest weapon guize! Superior Nippon steel folded over 6 million times!!!!!!!11!!1" is some of the oldest bait in the book, don't fall for it.