Training with a shinken

[ShinKenshi]

Oh and it doesn't say Ikkyu in my profile. Jeez, you should do some F**KING RESEARCH before you go posting. Helloooooooooo!!! Sheez.

I wasn't talking about you.

And I thought it was spelt with a J as well. You must have spelt it wrong. Your research didn't show you them apples did it now?!

Then try this. You guys might be thinking Portuguese, but I'm thinking in Japanese.

[The great I AM]

Paikea: I just saw you sending a PM, are you ratting us out?????????

Naw that was just to me, an enquiry about the current state of my sofa and the three deck chairs and plastic table in my garden.

[Lloromannic]

I wasn't talking about you.

Then try this. You guys might be thinking Portuguese, but I'm thinking in Japanese.

That's not a ham. I'm confounded.

[Fonsz]

My stomach hurts from the bouts of laughter when reading this thread. Surely someone in the US doesn't understand British Humor and has never seen Monty Python. Can't believe that this is happening. Much better than reading the rants of frustrated Teenage boys who should get a life.
Carry on chaps.........

[ShinKenshi]

That's not a ham. I'm confounded.

That's what I've been saying. In Japanese, hamon means "temper line". It's the line created during the forging process in which clay is applied to the blade, heated, and quenched in water. The clay gives the steel underneath a different carbon content than the exposed steel.

[Paikea]

Paikea: I just saw you sending a PM, are you ratting us out?????????

Moi? Actually, I was asking Gibbo if he needed steak sauce with his baby.

[The great I AM]

I wasn't talking about you.

Then try this. You guys might be thinking Portuguese, but I'm thinking in Japanese.

You rlink didn't work, at least my link to the swords on eBay works! I get all the info I need from there. I'm busy reading my self teaching books on how to perform proper "old school" japanese sword fighting, I bought them from Amazon. $9.99!! A bargain, you should buy one, they also teach how to control ones self. I think you could learn an awful lot.

And stop doing kendo with your ham-club. You call me dangerous! At least I'm using a proper weapon. You could have someones eye out with that. Especially the sharp bit of bone on the end! Thats like a cartoon! You sound like a lunatic!

And I'll take a picture of my sword and post it for you. Its a beaut! Nice shiny blade a great symetrical zigzag pattern on the blade, it looks so cool! My mate phil said he will engrave my name on the blade for me. And a picture of my dog.

[Paikea]

And I'll take a picture of my sword and post it for you. Its a beaut! Nice shiny blade a great symetrical zigzag pattern on the blade, it looks so cool! My mate phil said he will engrave my name on the blade for me. And a picture of my dog.

Don't forget the picture of you with the straws - it adds depth of character and credibility to the discussion.

[ShinKenshi]

Then try this:

http://www.jidai.jp/images_p/Deferen...on_shinken.jpg

And if that doesn't work, then how about this:

http://www.jidai.jp/Shinken.html

And for the record, I never said that I was using a ham for kendo. You guys are the ones thinking I was speaking in Portuguese.

[The great I AM]

That's what I've been saying. In Japanese, hamon means "temper line". It's the line created during the forging process in which clay is applied to the blade, heated, and quenched in water. The clay gives the steel underneath a different carbon content than the exposed steel.

What?! Now you have clay all over your sword?! How the hell do you hope to cut anything up with it? Holy crapola your sword must be filthy! I clean mine every evening before I go to bed. I can't believe you've got mud all over your sword... Man it doesn't matter what is underneath if clay is on top... are you trying to make a moulding of it or something?

I'd get laughed out of the dojo if I walked in with a shinken made of clay...

[The great I AM]

Don't forget the picture of you with the straws - it adds depth of character and credibility to the discussion.

That picture caught my best side!

[Paikea]

That picture caught my best side!

In Vino, Veritas was always my college motto.

[Lloromannic]

That's what I've been saying. In Japanese, hamon means "temper line". It's the line created during the forging process in which clay is applied to the blade, heated, and quenched in water. The clay gives the steel underneath a different carbon content than the exposed steel.

ハム??



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[The great I AM]

Then try this:

http://www.jidai.jp/images_p/Deferen...on_shinken.jpg

And if that doesn't work, then how about this:

http://www.jidai.jp/Shinken.html

And for the record, I never said that I was using a ham for kendo. You guys are the ones thinking I was speaking in Portuguese.

You're the one who started talking about putting bacon on my shinken, not me daddyo.

I got all my sword info from a chinese sword website. The english is really bad but the pictures are brilliant! My favourite sword is their sarugoroshi, its beautiful.....mmmm.....

heres the link shinken-shi, have a look for yourself

www.yoodum-swords.com

[ShinKenshi]

What?! Now you have clay all over your sword?! How the hell do you hope to cut anything up with it? Holy crapola your sword must be filthy! I clean mine every evening before I go to bed. I can't believe you've got mud all over your sword... Man it doesn't matter what is underneath if clay is on top... are you trying to make a moulding of it or something?

I'd get laughed out of the dojo if I walked in with a shinken made of clay...

It's in the FORGING process. Please, before you go bashing my posts, read up on the forging process of a katana. Also, I never said I own a shinken. Also, you said that the line was symetrical? Then that's not a real shinken, it's a mass produced imitation. The line on one shinken, a real one, is unique and never identical to any other one. If it's a real shinken, then you would be able to see the engraved name of the swordsmith who made it on the tang. It should also have paper work authenticating it as a nihonto because the Japanese government keeps a strict control over how many shinken are produced each year.