That's not a sword. That is what we call a sword shaped object. Mild steel at best, probably a tin alloy. No distal taper, no hardening, no edge bevel.
that looks like some fairly thin sheet metal made with either a softer display metal, or some shitty iron(?) swung at a slightly off angle or something
People talking about the "edge alignment" and folding style. No one's mentioning that the fucking Coke is *highly pressurized*? There's a reason Sword demonstration channels fill these with WATER
The sword is probably weak AF, but the technique is wrong, too. You don't want to just strike the object with the sharp edge. You want to drag the sharp edge along the object. Good technique could cut the bottle even with a crap sword.
Shattering would imply it was hardened in some way, or maybe cast. This one was prolly stamped from cheap steel and sent as is. Funny to see it bend like that, though. I've seen tougher aluminum
I have a chrome steel replica of Raiden's katana from MGR at home. Ironically quite the opposite, it's absolutely blunt, would never cut that bottle, but it's so heavy and hard you could probably dent someone's skull in with it.
I remember buying a $60 katana in grade seven from ebay and my friends and I did the dumbest shit with it including cutting up a log for firewood and somehow it never broke or deformed. Was pretty sketchy watching the blade flex and kinda bounce when you stuck it into the wood but it cut it up pretty decently considering
I have Jim Sakais tanto and katana from Ghost of Tsushima. They are so nice but yea wall hangers. The tanto sits in front of a statue of Sylvanas beside my TV.
Stupid autocorrect! Ghost was so good, when I beat it I started over right away on the hardest setting, you could only take 1-2 hits. Some of the duels were almost impossible. It felt really good to beat it.
They usually have rat-tail tangs (if any) so I'd avoid swinging them around unmodified unless you don't mind the small chance of randomly impaling something from a distance
While a real-deal nihonto can easily slice through multiple, plastic Coke bottles, there are real limits to how that type of blade can be used.
Chopping is not ideal for any nihonto.
There was a competition on cable TV where various blade experts where brought to complete an obstacle course consisting of cutting apart a wood crate, bamboo poles, swinging watermelons, free hanging tuna carcasses, and then blocks of ice.
One contestant w/ a genuine nihonto, 400 years old, struggled with the …
wood crate a bit but sailed through most everything after, was seriously stymied by the blocks of ice.
He got through them, but his blade became badly bent in many areas. It was such a shame to see a 400 year old sword utterly ruined.
The winner was a bladesmith who came with a knife that was basically an elongated cleaver. It could get through the slicing tasks passably, but absolutely cremated any task requiring chopping tough or hard objects.
The GOAT of the Japanese Samurai, Musashi, is legendary for one of his duels to the death with another trained swordsman.
As he was paddling across the lake to get to the place of the duel, he contemplated a surprise tactic. To use the stout, double bladed, wooden oar as his weapon.
His opponent, expecting a sword fight, couldn’t handle the oar, which could block his katana blows and then follow with a lightning club strike from the other end
In those earlier days, Samurai did not carry two swords — the daisho (one long, one short) — for combat.
It is said that after his victory with the paddle, Musashi, formulated the concept of the daisho, for his next duel. His next opponent trained to defend against clubs, but then Musashi sliced him to shreds with dual swords of intermediate length but which could be maneuvered with extreme speed.
The lessons the stories of Musashi are intended to convey are that improvisation and …
Monkeynutsjoe
That's not a sword. That is what we call a sword shaped object. Mild steel at best, probably a tin alloy. No distal taper, no hardening, no edge bevel.
AudaciouslyRed
Hey, leave that Diet Coke alone. People need it.
icer190
*sword shaped object
That isn't a sword.
nanomaus
American steel folded 0 times!
knotydes
The importance of edge alignment. Quote stolen for the various sword YouTube channels
C0ZM0
I give you my blade... I give you my axe... And I give you my diet coke bottle.
ConsummateConundrum
Now do it with a real sword
Snezko
so he brought a blunt metal scrap shaped like a katana & pretend it's a sword swinging it at a full bottle of coke? hmm okay...
Renza0
that looks like some fairly thin sheet metal made with either a softer display metal, or some shitty iron(?) swung at a slightly off angle or something
jimmac91
gotta watch that diet soda stuff it will kill ya
REOJackwagon
His nemesis
omgzwtfs
"A dull blade is more dangerous than a sharp one." Another myth perpetrated by Big Soda
oldpotatoes
You wouldn't download a sword...
* What happens when you download a sword*
AdventurousDonut480
Tons of ppl would download a sword.. and get exactly that result!
BlackTrashTiger
PinduQuinn
This blade....will not keel
glovelyday
While you were practicing the blade I was guzzling liters of Diet Coke. We are not the same.
tonehoundsmoser9
See, it's not a sword, it's a ssword The extra "s" is for "shitty"
Chowphat
You meant to say 'shword'.
DrNick
sheet metal cutout vs coke.
Jeremydium
The Coke is mightier than the sword
magila
The Penis mightier than the S word.
Tsunako
People talking about the "edge alignment" and folding style. No one's mentioning that the fucking Coke is *highly pressurized*? There's a reason Sword demonstration channels fill these with WATER
BadPunsAplenty
Kung Fu: Enter the Fizzst.
oldpotatoes
"Oriental"-store-at-the-mall impulse buy
FeloniousMonk13
I have a suspicion that sword is not a Hattori Hanzo sword
WhoHim
It's a Masamune
Elkarlo77
It is at least folded once, around the Coke Bottle.
MapleSyrupMafia
No, but it's made from the finest Chinesium.
zafner
That's not the issue. The problem is it's a Hattori Hanzo Diet Coke
RalphH
I do not see a sword in this gif.
16bitStarbuck
Might want to slow it down. It's kind of the whole point of this gif.
thepsudo
The sword is probably weak AF, but the technique is wrong, too. You don't want to just strike the object with the sharp edge. You want to drag the sharp edge along the object. Good technique could cut the bottle even with a crap sword.
Nexodaedalus
Ahem that’s actually a diet sword
Shaddak
Hey, you pay $50 for a sword, you get a $50 sword
MechKelly
What's a reasonable price for a usable sword?
Shaddak
If we're talking entry level stuff, maybe a couple hundred bucks.
SergeyPrkl
I'm surprised it didn't shatter. Cheapos manytimes do.
DeviousRaptor
Shattering would imply it was hardened in some way, or maybe cast. This one was prolly stamped from cheap steel and sent as is. Funny to see it bend like that, though. I've seen tougher aluminum
SergeyPrkl
The cheap ones usually are cast because neat ornamental arts etc. Cast and chromed.
YetAnotherUserNameToRememberDangit
You wouldn't think cola could damage any type of blade. It's a soft drink, after all.
pareidoliaperson
Light soft
ConsummateConundrum
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
…I like you
HumanCats
So glad you've finally come back from buying that pack of cigarettes.
ickyickywoopwoo
You sir, have outshone us all
Housemaster
dentd
Enough coke will make any sword floppy, according to the documentary Boogie Nights.
nerdofepic
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MDlyZDhzbDFiMmNqZnExdjVuNjU5aTNxeXpnNGNkNnBoMW8xNmk2bCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/cD7PLGE1KWOhG/200w.webp
Brlingblank
Bravo
Silversalvation
Yeah, but if you fold it a thousand times, even the softest drink becomes a deadly weapon!
waznewz
Ba-dum tsssss
boevis
Love it!
TheGhostMinx
Mxlespxles
CaptnRobAnybody
snoogns
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NjZqNmFvZzgwYnlqM21oNGV0aWt6ampqOXluZzh3a2h1Y3pwZ2xnMyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3oAt2dA6LxMkRrGc0g/200w.webp
ComoSeIguana
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N2oxMnZ0dnZpcm9icnE3b3hmcnBwOTVlcXVvMXVieXp3dWk5d2UyaSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/1zgOyLCRxCmV5G3GFZ/200w.webp
Freak0zoid
Will smith slapping people again?
salunatics
Bunhyung
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlYWxvMHc5Z2Rjc2w0aGJycnplam9iYjlwOWd5aGhnZ3B1bjZ6bjd2cSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/AAkD76aDnGwEg/giphy.mp4
LSAH
Is this Donnie returning one of those immigrant kids?
Casually
Probably a wall hanger. Don't get me wrong, wall hangers are fine and can be fun to have, I have a few. They just aren't capable of anything.
jammer909
Massive difference between ornamental and practical.
Zedrapazia
I have a chrome steel replica of Raiden's katana from MGR at home. Ironically quite the opposite, it's absolutely blunt, would never cut that bottle, but it's so heavy and hard you could probably dent someone's skull in with it.
DeadeicPrints
I got a few too. Never had any that would be that badly damaged from that tho.
abbeyrosemama
.
gordy77
You can cut through a plastic milk bottle with a blunt sword, we did it with 2mm edge. Of course the angle had to be just right
sombradeamigo1742
hey thats what my mom said about her kids!
Leevalleyoftheshadowofdeath
I remember buying a $60 katana in grade seven from ebay and my friends and I did the dumbest shit with it including cutting up a log for firewood and somehow it never broke or deformed. Was pretty sketchy watching the blade flex and kinda bounce when you stuck it into the wood but it cut it up pretty decently considering
eastherbunni
My friend also had a katana from some random store at the mall and we used it to smash open a birthday pinata
Solkanarmy
plot twist, it was an original hattori hanzo sword which is why it was so strong
coreydeangibson6
Authentic katanas have soft spines. If your tried that with a real katana, it would eventually look like the one in the video.
TinaEveFox
I have Jim Sakais tanto and katana from Ghost of Tsushima. They are so nice but yea wall hangers. The tanto sits in front of a statue of Sylvanas beside my TV.
GravyEducation
Jim Sakai... lol. Been playing through Ghost for the first time. It's awesome
TinaEveFox
Stupid autocorrect! Ghost was so good, when I beat it I started over right away on the hardest setting, you could only take 1-2 hits. Some of the duels were almost impossible. It felt really good to beat it.
isetprettygirlsonfire
They make good bases for fire swords
alaest0r
They usually have rat-tail tangs (if any) so I'd avoid swinging them around unmodified unless you don't mind the small chance of randomly impaling something from a distance
DanielAsparagus
We have a guy for tha- oh it’s you. You’re the guy.
DeltaBladeX
Oh, that song takes me back. Time to download it to my phone.
jjw9
While a real-deal nihonto can easily slice through multiple, plastic Coke bottles, there are real limits to how that type of blade can be used.
Chopping is not ideal for any nihonto.
There was a competition on cable TV where various blade experts where brought to complete an obstacle course consisting of cutting apart a wood crate, bamboo poles, swinging watermelons, free hanging tuna carcasses, and then blocks of ice.
One contestant w/ a genuine nihonto, 400 years old, struggled with the …
jjw9
wood crate a bit but sailed through most everything after, was seriously stymied by the blocks of ice.
He got through them, but his blade became badly bent in many areas. It was such a shame to see a 400 year old sword utterly ruined.
The winner was a bladesmith who came with a knife that was basically an elongated cleaver. It could get through the slicing tasks passably, but absolutely cremated any task requiring chopping tough or hard objects.
SergeyPrkl
This does thise all well and keeps its edge quite good. Also easy to sharpen. Basically an elongated cleaver. I recommend it, if in need for just one tool for such tasks. https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/varusteleka-skrama-240-carbon-steel/30189?option=28025
MaleProstateMilker88
I think carbon steel is what chef's swear is the best.
jjw9
The GOAT of the Japanese Samurai, Musashi, is legendary for one of his duels to the death with another trained swordsman.
As he was paddling across the lake to get to the place of the duel, he contemplated a surprise tactic. To use the stout, double bladed, wooden oar as his weapon.
His opponent, expecting a sword fight, couldn’t handle the oar, which could block his katana blows and then follow with a lightning club strike from the other end
Musashi proceeded to club his opponent to death
HsuDoNihm
"Oar you enjoying our duel?" ~Musashi
jjw9
In those earlier days, Samurai did not carry two swords — the daisho (one long, one short) — for combat.
It is said that after his victory with the paddle, Musashi, formulated the concept of the daisho, for his next duel. His next opponent trained to defend against clubs, but then Musashi sliced him to shreds with dual swords of intermediate length but which could be maneuvered with extreme speed.
The lessons the stories of Musashi are intended to convey are that improvisation and …
jjw9
resourcefulness in adapting are more powerful weapons than any sword.
It is a huge deal for Japanese lore to depict the nihonto as taking a backseat to anything else.