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Originally Posted by thepencilandpaperguy
So: Using WWII Guntos, probably isn't going to happen. Using a *real* Masamune, maybe. Using a titanium alloy blade with an internal Mercury reservoir and a blade sharpened over a period of months with water sprays, probably.
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See the problem with that assertion is ANY KIND of sword using those kind of techniques will cut it, then it isn't really the katanas that do it. That's more a testament to modern techniques and our ability to make shit sharp. And again if you start clarifying things with "master smithing with fancy methods of smithing and sharpening" then really, european swords and such could do the same job if you had them made with the same/similar levels of quality.
And it's not just that, I just use it as a particularly glaring example of them confirming "myths", theres plenty others, I just happen to be an anti-japanophile.
Although I still like mangas, go fig.
(yes I know theres stuff involving flexibility and whatnot to the metal involved with making a sword, I am not going into the nitty gritty for the sake of brevity.)