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Interesting Video on Japanese Swords

I have loved that creator for a long time for his science content. I have loved katana for a long time for some reason. (like citadel, zsey and motohara deep love)

When I saw Veritasium and Katana I literally jumped up and down in joy. Nothing revolutionary, but a great watch!
 
Wish it was longer and more in depth.

I love this creator, but I think that Japanese tend to over ceremony a lot of procedures and also somehow values old practices and materials over new ones instantly...


I also watched this "reaction", which better reflect my point of view on these swords and explain where this Veritasium video was not so precise as usually:
 
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