The ultimate KATANA vs LONGSWORD analysis

Greetings, I'm Chad and of all the debates on the Internet that are about swords because I just wanted to base the range on the Internet and I mean, let's do it, but about swords specifically one of the most popular ones is

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versus long sword do you see this a and again you see videos trying to try and resolve the debate once and for all and then you see that the video is how to do those videos trying to resolve the bait once and for all is a very, very popular discussion and some I consider that of these videos I do a decent

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or a fair balance and of course some I do very poorly, where the situation or evidence is very manipulated and simply does not reflect the truth of the matter, so here is my opinion. the topic, another, another video to go among the thousands of videos on this debate, but I would like to think that I can bring to the table some thoughts and perspectives that have not been addressed or discussed so far and that could help us achieve a To To better understand this debate, one of the first things people will bring up in this

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vs. long sword discussion is how swords are made and they will point to the katana using an ingenious method of metal folding and differential hardening that makes it far superior to any other. another type of sword, ok, actually I have dedicated, you know, four whole videos to that topic, well, you can count the first one, I would say three, it's my katana series, five videos in total, but video two, three and four address that whole topic, the funny thing.

The thing is that it actually means very little as soon as the sword is made to a high enough level of quality that they all work properly if, for use, there isn't much difference in how the swords are made in that sense. , if they are simply good enough. You won't find too much of a difference until the sword is subjected to a large amount of stress, that's where how the sword is made becomes a much bigger issue, but if you use a sword correctly they will rarely be subjected to such large amounts. of stress and for those of you who are thinking right, what about those who demand success because of course they happen?

Swords broke history and you might be thinking that because the katana is made in a superior way, therefore it is superior to any other type. of sword, including a sword, well that's actually a huge assumption, a katana is not made superior to other swords, it is made in an ingenious way for the materials that existed at the time, but that does not create a sword or creates a sword that is inherently superior in terms of its steel quality and internal structure than other means of manufacturing, including means that existed in Europe. For more information, go and watch all three parts of my katana series, part two, three and four for a full breakdown of what's going on with regards to katana making Springs feels like spring steel is awesome, ok but no, the real thing we need to compare when comparing katanas and long shaundra is not really how they were made but how they are designed, one of the things that almost all of these comparisons fail to recognize is one of the most important things to consider, for That a lot of these comparisons just aren't real, and that's this simple question: what kind of katana and what kind of long sword is now the last part.

I feel a little more important about what type of long sword it is, because the katana has a much more standardized design when I say that, although you have to understand that there is still a decent variation within that design, those variations are significant, but otherwise What we need to realize is that all those variations do not change the katana for what it is primarily supposed to do, which is cut effectively and that makes its design much more standardized than many other types of swords. I mean, for example, the rapier is very standardized design if you understand the right context and definition of what a rapier is, it would need that anti-match condition, but when we go through the long sword and the armed sword, you know which one and she handed him The most common medieval sword, those swords allow for many more variations than the katana.

I've had people try to call me out on that fact and say no, no, the katana actually has as many variations as the

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and the hurdle, so don't worry because everything I think solidifies. themselves too and I will say that I do not agree with that and I will share with you why and when I say that I am not saying that there is no variation in the katana, I am saying those variations that do exist in the katana do not change the katana from its use main one, which is to cut correctly and, in contrast, the long sword, the low sword, can have design features that emphasize it totally on the classic or emphasize it totally on the thrust. or having a good balance in the middle when I look at the katana I can find five points of significant variation later, the length of the handle of the blade, the depth of the blade, its distal taper and its curve speed, five points of significant variation Now you may be seeing well there are other parts in which the katana in its design may have variations such as the size of the tsuba the width of the blade the conical profile and the lengths of the tapeworm tell me if I have missed something I don't think I has been missing now.

The reason I'm not including those last four parts is because the standard variations of those elements I just mentioned won't have a significant impact on how that sword works. Subin stays within a very standard type of size. There is no significant variation in Supers at all, aside from the aesthetic design, the blade width varies in very small increments, okay, not in significantly large increments and that wouldn't have a significant impact on this feature in my opinion. Now, the conical profile. I will talk about the distal cone. I'm talking about conical profile, which is one of the things that remains most standard within the katana.

Now katanas can have a certain taper profile and sometimes it isn't at all, but they don't have a full taper profile, nothing compared to what we see in Europe. swords and the length of the tank, this one is interesting, the length of the tank varies sometimes up to the middle of the handle, sometimes it seems like it goes all the way, but when I looked at it, you know, historical. katanas alone I find that the length of the tank seems to correlate very directly with the length of the blade, what that means is that I have not found in any case that for the same blade length they do not make a larger one.

Tang to alter its balance point and those are all the possible elements of the katana that can have variation and of all of them five can have enough variation in my mind to have a significant effect on the function, well there you have it and you could be saying well there you have it, I have shown that they can be different types of katana, but you have to remember that all these variations do not alter the katana enough to the point that you will have to fight with it in a different way, so when people let's say katana first long sword, they generally refer to the standard katana design and even with the variations that I pointed out we can infer that all those katanas and all those variations will still work decently the same, but when we get to the long sword we have a different situation, the sword The long sword can vary in its design to a much greater degree than the katana, in fact, the long sword has up to ten significant variations that it can have in its design to make it different unlike the katana, there are five, as I see. anyway and these are after the type of cross card handle type of strike blade length the blade width the blade depth the taper profile the distal taper the multiple cross section geometries that

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s can have and also the point Sharpness ten and with respect to the long sword, some of its points of variation that it shares with the katana, for example, the length, allows for many more variations than what the katana does, before considering the katana as a sword different, looking at the length, specifically the katana is.

In comparison, the length is actually about as long as the standard arms of a one-handed sword, but if we push it right, it will say bastard side because the buster sword is a type of long sword, now you can find katanas with blades that are a little long It's longer than about the length of a standard longsword, but the problem is the blade of the longsword. Can I go even further to the point where you would almost consider it a great sword? But there is a new type of classification that is being shared among the defective community of enthusiasts and that is the war sword and the war sword is the longest and largest variation of long sword that you can get now, a katana with one blade , since the long war sword would no longer be considered a katana, it would be considered delicate, delicate atashi.

I can't pronounce Arrived, but you can still consider the war sword as a long thought and in my definition, I consider the war sword to be the longest variation of the long sword, so when analyzing the possible variations that each can have type of sword, we came to a very clear conclusion and very definitive conclusion because the long sword has much more variation in what it can be. By that very nature, it can always have a specific type of design that can equal or even surpass the equality in the that has a katana, either at the cutting point or balance. ease of use how easy it is to redirect the blade or thrust just through the simple math of doing calculations combining every possible longsword design you can make based on this variation and every type of katana you can make based on its main variations There will always be more types of long sword variations in your half katana, therefore, you can always find a long sword that is capable of at least equaling, if not exceeding, a quality that the katana possesses, so without a doubt the sword long can win whether you try to do it. compare speed cutting capacity range weight balance leverage point thrust hand protection the longsword has more potential to win because it has more options in its design what we have to recognize here and again this is what is often overlooked overlooked in all these comparisons is that it is actually an unfair comparison and why so much confusion is being created through this if you were to compare a katana in its cutting ability to a long sword that was not built to be a beast cutter, then clearly the long sword will fall short.

In that sense, if it is not good at cutting, if there is less mass on the blade, this sword was probably intended to be faster in the hand and also to have better reach, meaning that it was mainly intended for adorning jewelry and then test that sword under circumstances. which is not intended to excel, of course, is not going to work well, the problem that then happens is that after people do these tests, they assume that what they have been testing for a long time is representative of the entire design of dockworkers the way they do it.

Let's assume that the katana you are testing is representative of all other katanas. The problem is that both swords have variations, but the longsword has more variation than the katana, so the tests done with the katana are more likely to be representative of other types of katanas. The tests are for the longsword to be representative of the other types of longswords, so you simply cannot test one type of longsword and say that this is how all types of longswords would perform. That is impossible in the longsword category. Sword is simply too diverse, the problems that exist when trying to compare Katara's and Long Swords are roughly the same type of problems that exist if you were to try to compare Playstations to PCs to PlayStation, there are only four models of Playstations that have Ever Each one has been built with a different amount of variation from each other, but they are all intended to serve the exact same purpose, while the PC has many more options for its variation in configuration, you can always build a PC that at least equals or surpass one or more Qualities in the PlayStation tab.

Now, this is not a perfect analogy, so don't take it too literally or too far, but it is a good comparison. Having said all this, there are some sword qualities that one type of sword has and the other does not. No, for example, the katana is a single-edged and double-edged long sword. I have made a whole video comparing the qualities of single edged and double edged swords, nothing more, just a single double edged verse and in that video I discovered that single edged swords had the potential to be more superior than swords double-edged swords, watch the video if you want to see my comparison, although I found that single-edged swords had the potential to be twice as stiff or twice as light or have twice the sharpening of an edge angle when the design of A double-edged sword focuses on excelling in one of those qualities, the differences between single-edged and double-edged swords are very small,Although single-edged swords are found to have the advantage, this will not be the case.

Still, in the end it is still a great advantage. I would choose a single-edged sword over a double-edged sword if there were no other disadvantages. In a direct comparison of katanas and longswords, I find some disadvantages, specifically qualities that the longsword design has, that are mutually exclusive, what am I talking about? The cross guard and blade lengths, cross card and side rings that offer all the advantages that the Zuber katana can offer and then you have the extended quillin. This type of God is in all objective respects superior to the real katana bar and to go even further, the longsword eventually developed a full sweep hilt orders of magnitude better than a small disc guard and then, to the next point, the blade of the long sword is always longer than the katana specifically because when the blade of the katana passes a certain length it stops bringing a long sword verse katana tashi or long sword verse no dad, she could be a little different comparison, but that's not the comparison everyone makes: long sword versus katana.

This range advantage that the longsword possesses is incredibly significant. Anyone who has used two swords of different lengths against an opponent who is also of different lengths will know the profound advantage that reach has. The only other quality that is mutually exclusive of the katana in such a way that would make it more beneficial is the curve and the curve is supposed to increase cutting ability to a very significant level. In fact, I don't think so after testing. With my own practical experience, having used the different types of swords and having measured the difference in cutting ratio between a curved katana and a straight blade, I found that the advantage is so new that it is not even worth recognizing or bothering to consider. , please.

Go watch part 5 of my katana series and my video on why the katana has a curve. Here are my detailed thoughts on this, but

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ly this means that the longsword has mutually exclusive qualities that add advantages to its design more than the katana's dance. These specific and mutually exclusive qualities are considered combined with the fact that the longsword can have so many different variations to match or exceed the cutting ability of katanas, including those advantages it receives from having a single edge because the longsword allows for a much larger blade profile on the katana. can receive additional cutting capacity due to mass which will overcome its disadvantage, all the advantages that the katana can inherit Lee receives from being single edged, so again with these unique qualities of having a longer blade, better cross protection and be able to match all other qualities.

Where the katana may excel due to its more open design possibilities, the longsword is clearly a superior sword, but this should not be considered a big winner because it is a very unfair comparison, you are basically comparing multiple types of swords across a much broader approach. most unique type of sword, this means that all long swords are better than katanas at cutting, of course not, but it also doesn't mean that all katanas are better than all long swords at cutting, no, well, we can say it in A general sense is that the standard katana is more focused and emphasized on cutting than the fear of the longsword because it is much more difficult to try to define what the standard longsword is, so a much better comparison is not necessarily ours. katanas are better than long swords, but yes This specific katana is better at this specific task than this specific long sword.

I hope I've given you something to think about, thanks for watching and until next time, bye.