Katanas demystified

[jeriendhal]

Lovely quote from a SJGames forum thread about the supposed superhuman abilities of the Japanese katana.

"Dude, a Katana is sooooooooooooooooo kewl!!! You can like cut a tank in half with one, even if you MISS!

(Ok it's a FFFFing bastard sword from Japan with a GREAT PR campaign.)"


Link to the original thread: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=18805

Edit: That deserved to be a motivational poster

Comments

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

What a great line. I think I'll have to steal it should I ever have my master of just plain old Euro centric magic go up agiainst a ninja. And Shortpacked on Japan. Sillist thing ever.

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

You should see the Mythbusters where they test the myth of cutting through other swords.

Turns out a Katana really *can* trump most other swords, because it's a very good design. But it breaks them, rather than cutting straight through.

And a good ol' claymore will break it HARD.