Sword Myths Part 1 with RVA Katana

Todd Norcross interviews John and Scott from RVA katana about all things swords and martial arts.

Part 2 coming soon...

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[chrisbanner]

🥷🏻 love all these guys
And was first introduced to RVA katana by Mr Norcross in this video so thankyou all

[fusionclean]

An educational and a fun discussion, love this type of live discussion.

[EngineersQuest]

Thank you for this valuable information.

[stuartkantor]

I am really enjoying watching both these part 1 and part 2 videos with RVA Katana. Thank you Sir for making this video with RVA Katana. This has being a great learning experience and I wish you all well. I look forward to more videos and the great learning experience I have found watching your channel. My hats off to all 3 of you Sir's. I really enjoyed hearing about Tamahaganey steel and I apologize if I spelt the name of the steel wrong.

[joestorey]

This was a great discussion and knowledge learning. Goes to show you that’s there more to a sword than just a blade. Awesome

[blackswordshinobi]

Every sword is art even my ninjto long how made i only one ready for combat sword but also have none combat sword

[tn]

tamahagane is of high quality. Iron sand in Japan is ilmenite iron sand contained in granite made by weathering magma, and it is called masasatetsu and contains titanium.Iron sand is low in phosphorus and sulfur, impurities that make steel brittle, and high in vanadium, which strengthens steel. Iron ore and coal are high in phosphorus and sulfur and do not contain vanadium. Vanadium has been detected in ironware
Since Japan has many volcanoes and a large amount of iron sand could be extracted from the mountains, the former sites became terraced rice fields. Iron sand can be obtained by letting the soil of the mountains flow into an artificial stream, and this method is called Kanna nagashi.
In ancient Japan, slag was called noro, and the process of removing slag was called noro dashi or noro shibori. In tatara ironmaking, Iron sand is semi-molten by keeping the furnace at 1300℃, but only impurities such as phosphorus, sulfur and silicate are melted and discharged as slag. Ironmaking and impurity removal work take time because of the low temperature of the furnace, but high-quality steel can be produced. So impurities and slag are removed from the material tamahagane of katana.
Highly rated luxury Japanese knives are made using the same traditional method as katana.
Japanese low-temperature reduction method makes the grains of the steel smaller, so the steel has excellent toughness. Vanadium makes the steel malleable and easy to roll, making it easy to fold. By folding, the vanadium is finely dispersed and combined with carbon to form a fine metal structure, so the katana has excellent hardness, abrasion resistance, corrosion resistance, and toughness, and becomes beautiful when sharpened. Hitting the steel with a hammer removes the carbon with a spark, so the carbon content drops to 0.7%, which is suitable for katana.
When a katana is sharpened with a Japanese sharpening stone, the austenite is removed and martensite remains, so the blade becomes like a micro saw. That's why Japanese knives pull when cutting.
Around 1970, Japanese steel company Hitachi Metals analyzed and applied tatara and tamahagane to develop Yasugi Specialty Steel (yasugi hagane) and built a sponge iron plant.
Yasugi Steel has the same properties as katana, so it is hard, impact-resistant, and hard to break. Similar to tatara ironmaking, Yasugi Steel is a low-temperature ironmaking process, so it takes a long time to make, but it can produce high-quality steel. Yasugi Specialty Steel is used for various purposes such as cutlery steel, high-end kitchen knife material(kai corporation、zwilling ), razor material(Gillette, Schick, Wilkinson razor steel), automobile parts material, automobile engine parts, and aircraft engine parts.
Japanese knives and zwilling Japanese knives are made from steels such as Blue steel (Aogami) and White steel (Shirogami) based on Yasugi Steel. Around the 6th century, high-quality iron sand could be mined in the Yasugi region, so it became a town of iron manufacturing. Yasugi City is currently producing Yasugi Specialty Steel at the Hitachi Metals factory and exporting it to the world. Steelmaking engineers at the Hitachi Metals plant learn the traditional tatara ironmaking process.
In the 12th century, katana craftsmen migrated to Seki City and produced katana in large quantities. Seki City still produces katana and knives. German knife maker zwilling parsed tamahagane for katana material.

China and Mongolia developed blast furnaces earlier than the West, but from around the 10th century they imported katana from Japan and used it in their armies.
Mongolian scholar Zheng Si-xiao (1241-1318)."Japanese are brutal and not afraid of death. Even if ten Japanese people encounter 100 enemies, they will fight against them. If they don't win, they all fight until they die.If they do not die in the war, they will be killed by the king's hand when they return.Japanese women are also very temperamental, don't rape them.katana is extremely sharp. "
鄭思肖『心史』中興集

Chinese Ming Dynasty General Qi Jiguang (1528-1588)"They moved like a dance, and the forward rushing force seemed to flash light, and our Ming soldiers were just distracted. It is difficult to approach with my soldier's sword, it is too late with a spear, and if we encounter them, everyone will be cut off and killed. This is because their weapons are sharp and they are free to use powerful and heavy swords that can be swung with both hands. ""For Japanese, a fowling gun from a distance is effective. But the Japanese have absolutely no fear and charge at point blank range where they can attack or stab. We cannot stop their momentum. Therefore, we should equip ourselves with Japanese-style long swords."
明 戚继光 纪效新书 使、用力重故也。

Chinese Ming Dynasty military scholar Mao Yuanyi (1594-1640)"Katana is extremely robust and sharp, Chinese swords are no match for katana."
茅元仪　日本 刀極剛利中國不及也　

Spanish trader Bernardino de Avila Giron (-1619)
"I say again that they are very warlike and use very cruel and cutting weapons, made of such refined steel that they cut through iron with ease." "The quality of its steel shatters European steel with the first blow."
‘Vuelvo a decir que son muy belicosos y usan de armas crue‐ lísimas y cortadoras, de tan refinados aceros que cortan el hie‐ rro con facilidad.’ ‘von solcher Qualität des Stahls, daß europäisches Eisen davon auf den ersten Anhieb zerspringt’

Dutch missionary Arnoldus Montanus (1625 - 1683) "Their Faulchions(katana) or Scimeters(wakizashi) are so well wrought, and excellently temper'd, that they will cut our European blades asunder, like Flags or Rushes".

British physician and diplomat Sir Rutherford Alcock (1809 - 1897). "I have seen many a battlefield, " "but of sabre wounds I never saw any so horrible. One man had his skull shorn clean through from the back and half the head sliced off to the spine, while his limbs only hung together by shreds." "They have attained the climax of dexterity. The sword is always carried at the side, and adepts in the use of it wound the moment it is drawn." "The fatal stroke, upwards, is given in the act of drawing. Hence, placing the hand on the hilt is equivalent to presenting a cocked revolver, and if the assailant is not disabled in the act it is too late for defence."

[Kratos_God_of__BMG]

Can the guys have interview stunt doubles in case you ask a question they can’t answer? I think Donnie Yen could fill in for John, and Michael Chiklis for Scott? GREAT interview by the way Sir!

[sleepy_Dragon]

Nice video, especially after the Veritasium video.

[serpnta]

Great interview. Both channels are fantastic. Thank you!

[mttbohman]

I got to be honest here. Why is this dude's name Scott TAKAHASHI? Notice how he left that out of his introdcution? He doesn't look Japanese to me? Wth is going on there? What school does he represent?