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I'm surprised that a tread had not been started here discussing this new History Channel show about forged knives.
I think it may have some potential if one can look past all the drama and show hype.
However, I do have my own critique of the show last night. I did miss the first few minutes, so I did hear all of the directions on the knives that were to be made. The only direction on construction that I heard was blade length and the requirement of serrations, which seem to be poor directions for building a knife that had to perform the given test task of stabbing and slicing. Seem a better approach would have been to say make a knife that can stab a barrel 4 inches deep and slice a 2 inch rope. Just because a knife is big does not mean it can perform those task. Seems like the serrations were not even tested, could have required the maker to saw a 2X4 in two. I would think that the serration would have hindered the rope slicing. I wish the show had talked more about the process of making a knife and what makes a good knife. So little time was given to the Katana build that it did not convey any information and the shooting a bullet at the blade was just TV drama.
So what does everyone else think?
I think it may have some potential if one can look past all the drama and show hype.
However, I do have my own critique of the show last night. I did miss the first few minutes, so I did hear all of the directions on the knives that were to be made. The only direction on construction that I heard was blade length and the requirement of serrations, which seem to be poor directions for building a knife that had to perform the given test task of stabbing and slicing. Seem a better approach would have been to say make a knife that can stab a barrel 4 inches deep and slice a 2 inch rope. Just because a knife is big does not mean it can perform those task. Seems like the serrations were not even tested, could have required the maker to saw a 2X4 in two. I would think that the serration would have hindered the rope slicing. I wish the show had talked more about the process of making a knife and what makes a good knife. So little time was given to the Katana build that it did not convey any information and the shooting a bullet at the blade was just TV drama.
So what does everyone else think?