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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2006, 08:20 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Musashi is very renowned for his skillfullness by...

Musashi is very renowned for his skillfullness by martial artists but he was a painter, a writer, a poet too. His scripts and figure are highly misinterpreted by western non-specialized people. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2006, 06:26 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
If the good argument was "on all accounts the...

If the good argument was "on all accounts the Japanese sword made for a very poor mounted weapon " you should :

a) provide evidences of these accounts. Who said this, when, where, which context...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2006, 06:03 PM
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Nobody can beat the mongols in archery from...

Nobody can beat the mongols in archery from horseback.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2006, 05:40 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
No, Oda Nobunaga swiftly get that the only use of...

No, Oda Nobunaga swiftly get that the only use of cavalry in Japan was the already well-established one and didn't waste time and money in improving it. He smartly applied the use of archebusiers in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2006, 01:00 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
This thread really grows, more and more...

This thread really grows, more and more interesting.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2006, 08:47 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Hi Philip, sorry I've not put a signature in my...

Hi Philip, sorry I've not put a signature in my profile. I'm Carlo and don't deserve the -San , rather the -Kun, in friendly, even if maybe intense, discussions as this one.

Probably the issue...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2006, 01:18 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Sorry forgot pictures of the tachi whristlace :

Sorry forgot pictures of the tachi whristlace :
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2006, 01:15 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Tachi versus katana in horseback fighting

Hi Chris, here we've room enough to discuss.

I'll reply to your posts with my suggestions :



Sorry, PMs don't hold pictures so I've to bother you here again.
The cord at the end of the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2006, 12:34 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
You're right Carter. Sorry for inconveniences...

You're right Carter. Sorry for inconveniences caused.

Deleted to open another thread :

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=35127#post35127
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 09:13 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Not a bad conclusion Ariel, but we should...

Not a bad conclusion Ariel, but we should consider timeframe.
Noone here has fixed a timeframe of reference.
IMHO some of your conclusions can be considered quiet fair talking about later times,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 05:02 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
To have a glint about the origin of the myth...

To have a glint about the origin of the myth related to straight NinjaTo
search for "KinnoTo". These are KinnoTo examples made in late EdoJidai :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 04:42 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
LOL !! :D This is a good one too : ...

LOL !! :D

This is a good one too :

http://askaninja.com/tags/askaninja
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 03:38 PM
Replies: 239
Views: 334,223
Posted By tsubame1
Tachi isn't a two-handed sword, Katana is. Find...

Tachi isn't a two-handed sword, Katana is. Find out the difference and you'll realize where you're wrong here.



Because at that time the Katana had begun a dueling sword. Here we're in Edo...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 11:29 AM
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Posted By tsubame1
In order to sustain Andrew's suggestion about...

In order to sustain Andrew's suggestion about "exotic fashination" I would reverse Ariel's thinking way. Europeans liked very much wootz blades, but didn't replicate them: The reverse for european...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 21st October 2006, 11:17 AM
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Posted By tsubame1
Hi Chris. You're right about mass-produced swords...

Hi Chris. You're right about mass-produced swords (Kazuuchimono) made in certain periods of japanese history, and I agree about the many different
variables that are into the equation to make a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2006, 06:10 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Hi Ariel. I wasn't challenging Rivkin on this,...

Hi Ariel.
I wasn't challenging Rivkin on this, rather I was asking for feedbacks as I'm intrigued by the matter.
Resistance to phisical stress in a gun barrel doesn't mean the steel is a better...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2006, 05:46 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
What about fireguns barrels made out of wootz...

What about fireguns barrels made out of wootz because of they allowed 30% more powerful gunpowder loads (and so higher accuracy, longer range, safer use) then the ones made with other steels ? This...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th October 2006, 07:30 AM
Replies: 239
Views: 334,223
Posted By tsubame1
The people that gave him the Pulitzer for that...

The people that gave him the Pulitzer for that book likely don't share your point of view.
The Author was referring to minor deseases. You're quoting the "black death", the greatest of all. being...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th October 2006, 09:02 PM
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Views: 334,223
Posted By tsubame1
Oh, c'mon Ariel, don't get so defensive just for...

Oh, c'mon Ariel, don't get so defensive just for any quote about middle east.

I meant that the book explain the way the western civilizations gained so much technological advantages over the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th October 2006, 08:32 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Wink Here I totally disagree. You can't judge a weapon...

Here I totally disagree. You can't judge a weapon out of context, either historical and cultural. When japaneses were reached by portugueses they copied guns and armor NOT the swords. Simply european...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th October 2006, 07:53 AM
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Posted By tsubame1
Sorry, forgot to put a smiley there. yes I was...

Sorry, forgot to put a smiley there. yes I was facetious.
Obviously Samurai didn't find NihonTo so prone to bending.
But yes, some modern JSA quotes that a bad cut can bend a bad sword.
Bend...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th October 2006, 07:20 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
If harden = to make an hard cutting edge and...

If harden = to make an hard cutting edge and temper = relief the stresses with a subsequent (softer) heating, well japaneses where well aware and able to make both, even in older times. It's a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th October 2006, 06:57 PM
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Posted By tsubame1
Hi Ann. I would like to confirm this quote....

Hi Ann.

I would like to confirm this quote. Japaneses found the same problems in Manchuria and Siberia. Lesser blades (many officers used family ones, but not the best anyway, and most were made...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th October 2006, 06:42 PM
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Views: 27,077
Posted By tsubame1
sharing impressions

Ariel, you should make the same. Don't you ?
Or there is really nothing that you like in this book ? ;)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th October 2006, 09:25 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 27,077
Posted By tsubame1
Words casted in 24k gold.

Words casted in 24k gold.
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