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Real-life (sadly) isn’t quite like the legends or movies, where magical swords go through dozens or even hundreds of battles or duels, while staying pristine and unscathed.
I had an interesting chat with @scholagladiatoria about the kinds of damage we see (or don’t) in historical originals. This is a topic I haven’t seen covered a whole lot, outside of edge vs. flat parry debates.
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00:00 - 00:26 The riddle of steel
00:26 - 02:24 Sources: collections vs. archeology
02:24 - 03:22 What happened, and WHEN?
03:22 - 06:06 Reproductions & unrealistic expectations
06:06 - 07:18 How much can you really preserve the edge?
07:18 - 09:36 Examples of damaged blades
09:36 - 12:10 Damage & repair
12:10 - 13:02 Re-polishing of katana blades
13:02 - 14:54 “Recycling“ & re-forging broken blades
14:54 - 16:34 It will happen anyway
16:34 - Why are so many swords even edged all the way?
17:56 The good news ;)
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