/k/ - Weapons

>>331534

MUH 1000 TIMES XDDDD

fuck off katana retard life isn't anime fuck you

so your answer is one

>>331534

What are you even on about?

Also, OP can't inb4.

About as long as it takes to realize a run-of-the-mill sabre is superior in every way.

>>331561

I can't recall any magical girl animu or mango that had a katana in it. Then again I haven't watched or read anything recently.

>>331558

Except that's wrong.

The Katana was meant as a side arm, the Sabre/Saber was a primary arm.

Apples and oranges.

Speaking of Sabres/Sabers, the Japanese had them too, but eventually decided on using pole-arms instead of swords for the melee (a decision that Europe would also make around the same time) and designed a lighter sword for secondary purposes (the Tachi, which eventually was redesigned into the Katana).

(Yes, this also implies that the spergs who go on about the greatness of the Katana are nuttier than a fruit cake. They're effectively claiming handguns > rifles.)

>>331595

>The Katana was meant as a side arm

The Japanese swordsman had an entire range of swords. The Wakizashi ranged from size of Katana to size of the Tanto, and a single swordsman was likely to carry multiple sizes.

A sidearm would be better compared to the Tanto. Considering the Katana was used from horseback I'm going to judge it a fair comparison to the cavalry sabre.

>>331595

Incorrect, with very few exceptions, swords are a sidearm everywhere, including European military saber

>>331567

The two don't always go hand-in-hand. But for some reason, the people that bought a loli body pillow and became basement dwellers also wind up buying a $20 samauri sword and they think watching all of Samarui Champloo or Naruto makes them a ninja master.

>>331615

>Naruto makes them a ninja master.

Well it's a generally bad anime made up of 99% filler so it teaches them patience at least.

I want a katana simply because the damage it will do to a person is more permanent than that of a baseball bat. I'll still rely on my guns, but I just want some cheap pigsticker that a gambler would carry back in like 1570s Japan. I want a sword that is a tool, like most of my guns.

Maybe if I get one, I'll develop an interest in other kinds of swords. It would be nice to have a sword collection to go along with my gun collection. Not like I have an interest in video games anymore.

>>331618

And the other 2% is apparently Naruto illusioning himself into being a girl, and some old guy trying to get in every girl's pants.

Also, watching Naruto fans try to explain how ninja magic isn't actually ninja magic is hilarious. One of the main characters literally breathes fire. It's not-magic in the same way that DBZ shenanigans aren't magic–namely, in name only. Replace Kamehameha with Greater Flare and you've got a final fantasy character.

>>331600

Katana is really just nip for Sword. There were side-swords and primary arms that could both be correctly called katana.

I was at a noodle shop this one time and an old Japanese man walked in with a wakizashi wearing some kind of robes. He was in town to teach some sword seminar and for some reason carried his wakizashi around everywhere. I asked him where his big sword was in horribly broken japanese and he said he leaves it in his room when just walking about. Dude was really fast, he could draw and strike quick enough that you could miss it if you blinked too slowly. I still wonder if it's allowed in Japan to carry a big knife like that, or if he's simply old and badass enough that police don't bother him. He was like something out of an Akira Kurosawa movie.

>>331654

>Any fixed knife containing a blade length of 15 cm or more requires permission from the prefectural public safety commission in order to possess. Permission requirements also apply to any type of pocket knife over 6 cm (including Automatic Knives), spears over 15 cm in blade length, and Japanese halberds.[28] All knives with a blade length over 6 cm are prohibited from being carried, under a crime law,[29] with an exception for carrying for duty or other justifiable reasons. There is a penalty of up to 2 years prison or up to a ¥300000 yen fine.

This thing had maybe a 30 cm blade. I'm guessing he had an of exception based on being a master of death or something. I know it wasn't the Sikh exception we have in western countries because the Japanese quite sensibly don't care to accommodate foreign cultures. I'm sure he could have opened all of us up despite all of us being trained fighters in our prime and him being an old man. I've never seen such a dangerous tiny old man before and it'll be a while before I see another.

>How long can you go in any Sword Guy thread without letting it devolve into anti-katana hatewanking?

Infinity. The trick is to start with anti-katana hatewanking. That was it can never devolve into it.

bastard > katana

https://www.google.com/?gfe_rd=ssl#q=bastard+sword+vs+katana

>>331658

It's too much of a pain in the ass to take a section of railroad track and beat it into a curved blade. Obviously not going to get one from a flea market. I want a bare-ass piece of full-tang shit that will rust if you sneeze on it, but will ring when you tap a coin to it.

Alas, since this ain't the Sengoku era, that'll take some powerful happenstance, or more money than I care to spend in the short term.

>>331685

The value of your input to this discussion cannot be understated. Without a link to your obvious and perfunctory Google search we would have all remained clueless about the topic at hand.

>>331561

tfw no gf with two wieners

Katanas are heavier and have a slight curve so they are better at cutting than many swords but they weigh more, are not as well balanced, lack adequate hand protection particularly for a sword used with no shield, are shorter and lack a decent point. I like Katanas but I would pick even a 10th century sword over any katana nine times out of ten.

>>331693

Trust me on this friend, there are plenty of bladesmiths around that can make whatever the hell you want if you throw money at them. However you do not want it to wring because that is indicative that it is overly hard.

Katanas aren't awful I the modern age for home defense because of how sharp they are as long as you get a not shit one. Nobody wears armor so they'll fuck someone up. They're still pretty shit though. Usually made of pigshit iron on an already brittle blade design and poor edge retention.

T-they do look cool though.

>>331776

Leave.

>>331776

>>331841

What the hell is a Fairbairn-Sykes?

>>332066

>>332068

Invented by a bunch of guys who got sick of using shitty knives for knife fighting. They also basically wrote the book on shanking people while being stealthy.

>>332069

Invented the most /k/ martial art ever. Defendu, you can also call it Gutter fighting if you're one of those stuck ww2 types who demand that they fight in a trench somewhere in Russia.

>>332066

>>332068

>>332069

>>332076

Article Related

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>>332123

>Fairbairn demonstrates how to transition from a simple handshake to a perfectly-executed rectum-shank.

Knowing what it means doesn't stop it being funny.