Man owns himself with samurai sword (vid)

[KWUsCRD]

Originally posted by truewrestler
omg! That fall was horrible!

That's exactly what I thought heh

[GeneChing]

See what you get with cheap samurai swords? Here's our new cheap samurai sword - it is an aluminum blade, but it shouldn't snap like that. That must have been straight up pot metal...

[KC Elbows]

They just set the atomic clock by the interval between this thread being posted and Gene's plug.

[PHILBERT]

Gene, it says on the side, 440 Stainless Steel. They are punch pressed, and that pretty much is what happens when hit against a strong, resisting object. Those are for decoration/wall mounting, not training.

[Royal Dragon]

I have a few 440 Stainless blades, that I beat the snot out of with out a problem. These were less than 440. Maybe it was freakishly defective, I don't know. I wouldn't trust them in a sword against sword, especially if the other sword was ATS 34, or 1095, or something, but still 440 is not all that bad.

[PHILBERT]

Royal Dragon, it says on the video that it is a 440 stainless steel. Funny part is that there was a life time warranty for it. 440 and 420 are known for there shattering. Not all do it, but alot do. My friend has one that he beats the crap out of, and it won't break. I've seen one, virtual identical, break. I also saw one, the blade broke off the handle (the pegs on the inside broke) and the blade itself shot out, but did not break. You could of picked it up and put it back in the handle and fixed it.

[Gangsterfist]

He should have bought a sword from here:

http://www.thesteelsource.com/html/hanweiorchid.htm

[Musicalkatachmp]

LOL that was the funniest thing ever...guys I know it is obvious but I just wanted to double check...was that for real or was it a joke can someone please tell me? thanks.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

twit on bike

[Royal Dragon]

[norther practitioner]

LOL, those are good clips..

I found one that I'll post next week...

It has been around for a while, but it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It is out of Oregon, an exploding whale.... I almost pizzed myself.

[Indestructible]

LoL at twit on bike!

[Musicalkatachmp]

So what was the nice thing about those katana blades? He never finished telling us...

[IronFist]

Originally posted by PHILBERT
I also saw one, the blade broke off the handle (the pegs on the inside broke) and the blade itself shot out, but did not break. You could of picked it up and put it back in the handle and fixed it.

^ That's dangerous. I heard about some kid or something who was impaled at a tournament by a sword that broke and the blade flew out. It wasn't even a sharp sword. I think they said the kid died.

twit on bike

omg!!! At first I thought his face hit the bricks, but I think his face may have actually landed in the grass or plants behind the bricks, so that's not quite as bad, unless there were spikey plants or something back there. Ouch!

[BentMonk]

I wish I could've gotten it on vid, but this is still a good one. I had a friend who was a legend in his own mind. He spent more time talking about how hard he used to train than actually training. He was spinning a combat steel, surgically sharp katana. As he was showing off for the local pre-teens and enjoying their looks of awe, he drops the sword. It falls straight back on him, and pierces his side. It almost took out his liver. He ended up with a bunch of stitches, and one hell of a scar. It cut the shiat out of his obliques and such. It is true, God watches over the stupid.