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Old 30th August 2010, 06:55 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde
A very good point Fearn .
A point which most forget. The sound is not to our pleasure, although you may like it. Originally it was used to show if anything was wrong with the blade. and to this comes the smell to the blade - but you all know about this by now - or if you don't, try a search.
Jens

LOL, yes if nothing is acting to deaden the resonance, then you can hear cracks etc
But Katars are a special case with their peculiar architecture making them like a tuning fork. Many weapons do have a specific style of 'voice' but Katars seem uniquely suited to 'singing'.
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