More people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick!
More people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick!
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It was only folded so many times because the ore on Honshu is pretty low grade and had to have the carbon worked out of it more than European steel.
110 1 ReplyWait, you mean it's not because it gives me the ability to part steel plate in a single slash?
52 0 ReplyYou only get that when you fold it 69 times.
44 5 ReplyNice
15 2 ReplyNice
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Wow you must be a novice if you still need to slash. A true bushido master can cut steel without unsheathing the blade.
31 0 ReplyOnly if you don't look at it afterwards
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As I understand it, it wasn't to work the carbon out of it, but instead to simply evenly spread the impurities throughout the whole sword, so there weren't any specific points of weakness
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