Recent content by Anthony Shore

You all should try Filipino Martial Arts which utilize combinations of grappling, punching, kicking, knife fighting (offensive and defensive) and use of short sticks both single and double stick methods. FMA was designed to be taught quickly so as to be effective from the first lesson. Ask...

folded steel Well...to be honest...without the carbon, it would not be steel at all as steel is the joining of Carbon and Iron. The carbon content is what makes steel "harder" than Iron however, too much carbon can make the steel brittle, too little will make the steel soft...what is the...

Also might want to note that the Japanese forge folding process usually involved only 15-20 actual folds however this would result in thousands of "layers" (it's a binary thing...) The primary purpose was was to evenly distribute and silmutaneously control the amount of carbon going into the...

sword weight Well, to be honest, your experiment would not be truly representative of how it would feel to wield an 8 pound great sword. first, the way you were holding the bag of books would not be the same as holding the great sword. when swinging the books, you are just swinging dead...

Ok, this was meant as a "silly" question, wasn't it? Time zones based on GMT as the central point for "universal standard time"...measurment of time based on position of sun...the sun does not appear to be in the same position globally as the planet is spherical so, what position the sun appears...

minor correction...that was supposed to read "thrusting" weapons try this link to the article...if it does not get you there...I can forward the article itself...

and a baseball bat is not how you would use this weapon either my friend. yes, for a sword, 5-8 lbs is heavy but, consider that the common misconception is in the 15 - 20 lb range and some have even bragged of 30+ pound weapons. The Great Swords were not simply a bludgeon with a point...they...

Thanks... Not an expert Gokul...just well informed...not as much as some, a bit more than others. one thing I hate is misinformation...I wrote an article some time back that I am still in the process of getting published, the subject was the Two Handed Great Swords of Europe. The purpose was...

The Last Samurai Well, I would have to say as entertainment, it was a pretty damn good movie...I sat through the whole thing and when it was over, I sat for a moment and thought, wow! that was really good. I was satisfied that I had seen a very well done movie. I will totally buy Tom...

Goku...I do hope you are referring to yourself regarding knowledge gained by a single post on the internet...I have actually been studying this subject for some time and I am continually learning the finer points of the process for forging of swords, the physics and metallurgy aspects involved...

You are absolutely correct sir...carbon is not an impurity in steel, it is however in "iron" and it is that particular impurity that produces steel. A case in point though...too little carbon makes for a soft blade, none at all is simply iron, too much carbon resultes into rigid a metal and is...

Thanks I am glad to see that someone else here does their homework and does not rely on movie hype or make statements like "I heard...the legend says..." to back up falacious claims. Top of the morning to you Sir...oh, wait...it's damn near evening where you are huh? go to this site...

forge folding Please my see other posts for more information but, in brief, the forge folding process was a method of evenly distributing the impurities (i.e. carbon) throughout the blade, the folding process is not what made the blade sharp...the high carbon, differentially tempered edge...

I could find no posting where someone put 5096 however, to comment on the "impurities" in the blade...essentially, steel is Iron and Carbon...Carbon "is" the primary impurity. In the forge process, the carbon content is regulated by pounding out the blade and how hot the blade is. In Japanese...

Again on the Historical "Masamune" http://www.filmswords.com/highlander/masamuneart.htm