You’re like a woman sending mixed signals. First you post a video bending it 90 degrees, cutting 2X4s and hacking on cinderblocks, I’m guessing to show me how tough it is. Then, you post this stuff that pretty much says if you are using it for anything other than beheading non believers you are abusing it. Come on, Natalia, make up your mind, which is it?
Do you remember the old Subaru outback commercials where they showed this four-wheel drive station wagon zooming around the Australian outback with a young Paul Hogan. That was pretty cool. While it's probably literally true that the car can be driven that way. I imagine Fuji heavy industries would appreciate it if people didn't drive it that way on a regular basis, it's actually not really intended for that.
The purpose of the demonstration was to show what the car can do. It's a valid demonstration because I'll bet you a dollar a Toyota Camry could not do that.
I like to demonstrate that our sword is capable of making cuts that would destroy a historical piece.
They are capable. But, are you?
Ben is a very skilled cutter and he can make those cuts very competently. But a knucklehead (such as yourself), might not keep the edge in alignment with the blade during the cut and impart some side loads that cause the blade to whip around the cut.
That could be bad.
This is the mechanism where the competition choppers take bent bevels when run by inexperienced users but folks like Dan and Ben, who are substantially stronger and can hit with substantially more force than you or me, can run even thinner race blades all season without any problems.
The sword is capable of cutting down a tree, no question, even though most historical swords would be destroyed by this kind of use, and we did not resort to obtuse thick chunky geometry to achieve this level of durability, it is built into the metallurgy which is darn near witchcraft. But I don't want to see people taking their Wakizashi to baton their firewood any more than Lamborghini wants to see folks using their Lambo to plow their fields. Unless it is one of the Lamborghinis design to plow fields.
^ isn't that wild? Lamborghini makes tractors.
We do, in fact, make choppers and field knives that would be a better tool for that kind of use. It's a matter of using the right tool for the job. I resisted the temptation to make the K20 indestructible so that folks who want to use it as an agricultural implement can do so without damaging it. I stayed true to the design and intent of the Wakizashi. So I don't want to encourage people to start using them as a landscaping tool.
