True Combat Value of Wootz

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Originally Posted by ariel

Carlo,
All of us are armchair specialists, yourself included (no offence).

Yes, the problem is that I wantn't to seem anything more than this.

Originally Posted by ariel

Some of us still want to feel a small fraction of the thrill of sword wielding and cut empty Coke bottles, styrofoam noodles or green bamboo stalks in what they think is a "keeping of tradition". My kids, when they were little, fought dandelions in the backyard with plastic swords ( I did the same when I was their age ), and I see very little difference in the motivation and the enthusiasm of a 5 year-old with a sword from Toy-R-US in a backyard and a 40 year-old with a custom-made katana in a Dojo. Neither should be embarrassed in the least.
It's just a game, no more.

Correct. "The difference between a man and a child is the price of the toys..."

Originally Posted by ariel

I would view practical tests that you suggest using an Assadollah's Shamshir or Masamune's Katana as acts of vandalism,

For sure. I'm still in pain thinking at that Muramasa Tanto in my previous pics.
But it was militarism and trianny that leadd to suc a moronish usage not
the nedd for knowledge.
Artzi will never give you an Assadollah for such a test, for sure, no matter how much you're friends...

I prefer sakè rather then grappa. Chill and preferably by Ozeki factory (it's dry...)