Also should mention that the actual documented ninja on what we have documented somewhat where ones that only used katana, so most likely the ninja sword didn't exist but I do agree that maybe most ninja that didn't have any money used old mass manufactured blades or picked up used blades from the battlefields or the battalions in forested areas that they where paid out to kill.
As always a top quality production! Very much appreciate the deep dive research into obscurity. You're looking real good D, good form despite the handicap wrist and blade length. Perhaps an idea for future video is weapons of the gangs like yakuza, for example a tuna sword.
I'm Japanese, but the only thing I know about ninjas is from what I used to watch in theaters back in the day. Lol. I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. I learned something. Thank you!
Kinda weird that the limited description given of the Germanic Harii sounds closer to fantasy ninja than historical ninja. Harii wore all black, attacked in the darkest nights, moved stealthy, etc. But i dont think this is bad, the historical ninja are more interesting than the fantasy ones to me.
I feel like you just brushed over the origins of the all black outfit so quickly that the viewer wouldnt have had time to absorb it. Ninjas were spies, and the idea that a stage hand, whom the audience had been trained to subconsciously ignore, could be involved in the story and be the assassin??? That is a revolutionary plot twist that NOBODY could've seen coming. It's no wonder the longevity and popularity it brought about, who could ever get over that plot twist? The first 4th wall break ever!?
Fun Fact: there were Ancient Mystery Schools training assassins worldwide. From the Ninja in Japan to the Middle Eastern Hashish smoking inspiration for the word Assassin. Mystery schools teach alchemy & other skills which allows for the making of poisons, weapons, etc as well as how to influence & manipulate people. Such schools are still alive & well today.
Great video, an interesting counterpoint to Anthony Cummins (?) who says that ninjas as we know when didn't exist. According to his research there was no such thing as a dedicated ninja and that a ninja was more of a role than a profession and that anybody could be a ninja, even samurai.
I know he’s done a ton of research, but Ninja were a secret organization whose origins were largely undocumented. There were definitely times where everyone from merchants to concubines were hired as spies/ninjas but the ones that were trained and hand pick by ninja masters to assault castles were the real ones.
Japan likes to traditionalize everything, so if spycraft, deception, and trickery was traditionalized it would be known and the ninja could not exist. Ninjas still exist they've just changed tactics and don't call themselves ninjas, they don't call themselves anything, they just accomplish tasks by any means whatsoever with whatever is available.
There are paintings of ashigaru with straight bladed swords. I've heard many were reshaped naginata or other weapon blades to make swords. They would be lower quality & such so not likely kept in good condition so havent survived. The few rhat have still have nakago markings saying they are naginata or whatever so likely wouldn't be seen as swords if they were not mounted as such.
Sweet video, Loved the information about sword and history of ninjas. I was a ninja for Halloween every year as a kid and until I was 12. 90s movie 3 Ninjas had me wishing my grandpa was an old Asian ninja master.
16:00 as you said here that is what this sword was made for, it's a stabbing/thrusting weapon which is why it's straight and not curved, it would have been used for stabbing under floorbroads or gaps in walls slashing is not something you would want as that means your fighting someone and as you have a shorter sword at a disadvantage and failed as a ninja this sword was a tool small compact and multable functions.
Quality production. Was wondering if you work from a script or just wing it? Liked the history content. One of my favorite sword/samurai movies; Red Sun. Charles Bronson brought a gun to a sword fight. Old movies have the best stories.
i'm a modern samurai who lost his master (he died 2 years ago because of cancer) and now i'm a Ronin (he teached Ki-Aikido for 40 years). So, i'm here to join the ninja club.
I have a feeling because the ninja sword was so much shorter than the regular katana they must have used it like 1 handed sword plus maybe shield if the opportunity presented itself, if i was broke and had to use a shorter sword id definitely pair it with a shield of some kind, even wood
This is a great well done history lesson on what was and wasn't a ninja! Would love to see your review of an "AFRO SAMURAI" Tachi Sword (I love the Tachi's curvature), with perhaps a compare and contrast of a real Tachi sword...
Makes sense for the sword to be shorter tho. Being that the black suit is for raiding castles in the middle of the night, they'll be fighting in doors where there are a lot more obstacles than in an open battle field. A shorter blade lends itself to a more confined space. And shorter blade is also lighter which lends itself to speed and stealth. Direct confrontation and long-lasting duels were never the intentions.
Top notch Sir, Revenge of the Ninja was a huge influence on my mental development as a young boy, from throwing my improvised golf club ninja sword into my neighbours garden then dressing in black and sneaking out of my house at night to go on a retrieval mission to taking jobs for money that Sho Kosugi's character would be proud of from my late 20's into my late 30's, I got obsessed with Musashi and read the book of five rings on the rock in Regin-do, can you tell me if it's full tang? Respect ☘️🇮🇪
I always thought the straight edge and square tsuba were for climbing. You can lean the sword against a wall and use it as a step. No curve means its not a balancing act when stepping on it and the square tsuba keeps the sword from rotating when against a wall.
Cool review. Another reason "ninja swords" look the way they do: like you mentioned pop culture and kabuki theatre were the way the legend of the ninja was spread, I've heard it said in the past that the swords the ninja used on stage were short and straight because they were easy to produce. The size may also be to theatrically pull from the back, rather than have any sort of function. There you go, pop culture does it again!
Yes the short straight blade is primarily so you can draw it off your back. Almost everything about the ninja is based off circumstantial evidence but it’s fun to think about!
Hey D might be a shot in the dark but any 40K content coming ? I know you’ve done a little way back when, and you are the reason I got into the hobby after watching it on Node and seeing your BA collection. Just a little curious is all. Thx brother!!!
Amazingly video with some of the most honest ninja info I ever seen. That sword looks super awesome. I might be considering to buy one too while they seem to be in stock. I just wish I knew what music you were playing. Is there a youtube video with it?
Yup way back when I was 10 my mom bought me a full blown ninja suit and It wasn’t a Halloween costume this thing was sturdy. But yes nothing else was cooler than ninjas when you’re a kid.
@@Cerberusarms Yeah no kidding.We were walking down the street waiting for her car to get fixed and we walked into this weird Karate/Pawn Shop and there they had a kid sized ninja outfit. It was also one of those odd times when a parent is feeling rather generous as she must have seen me completely entranced by it, and she offered to buy it for me. (that kind of thing just didn't happen). She basically unleashed a 10 year Ninja upon the neighborhood (about a decade before Surf Ninjas). 🤣
You should try a truekatana sword. Some are cheap and some are expensive and has very mixed reviews. If I may, I suggest you try one that is around 100$-300$.
It almost feels that the two handed grip for a short sword is already too much. ok, we know the wakizashi shares that feature too, but gripping both hands shortens your range even more. one-handed grip is easier to telegraph and extend the reach. easier and faster to maneuver. also it shifts the center mass to the weak side of the blade if the grip is shorter. dunno. it really looked a lot closer combat than one would want to encounter
Ok so like you mentioned in your video, ninjas we're Not always dressed in black but in camouflage and this is where my question comes in do you think that the Japanese ninjas used old school Ghillie Suits like the Japanese soldiers in ww2? and do you think that the ninjas had katana ghillie suits?
I've got the Kouga and Iga, both definitely very cool. I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but the Kouga's kashira on mine was not secured. I fixed it with some super glue with a needle injection applicator and its held up just fine for hanging on a wall and handling for funsies but I've never done any kind of cutting with either of them. All in all, I'm pretty happy with both of these swords and they each came with a copy of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (English translation). I'm not sure if Hanwei is still packing that in or if it was a limited bonus when these swords were first introduced from Hanwei, but definitely a fun little bonus item if they're still offering that in the sales.
That’s weird mine was super secure, might have been banged up in transit. I know hanwei is great at replacing damaged swords. I didn’t know they originally came packaged with the ninja scrolls that’s awesome, maybe if you buy them directly from Hanwei but mine was from another retailer.
D years ago: *is an intern and editor for Corridor and Node* D nowadays: “If you wanna check it out, I have a video about it over on my gaming channel Node” 😂
The Ninja Sword aka Ninjato was always a side weapon they would pick up katana but for lang range they used the Kusari-kama A sickle with a chain ending in a weight. These would be used more than the ninjato when fighting.
You can always buy a replacement sagea, from the Tozandoshop. As a leathersmith I would be so tempted to make a cool leather skin for the Saya with a dragons eye.
The straight bladed sword also may have been a result of hammering out a makeshift, disposable sword. Those kind of blades would not have a need for a thermally altered edge, therefore no curve.
Nice video, but I find the idea that the historical basis of this sword to be hand-me-down chokuto to be a bit of a stretch. We are talking about a roughly thousand year gap between when the chokuto was phased out and the warring states period in which the ninja were most active in Japanese history. You suggested that peasants would have kept swords, but peasants didn't exactly have the luxury to just hang on to a sword like that. More likely they would have used it as a tool or scrapped it to use the metal to make tools of their trade. To my knowledge, the only swords that even ressembled the sword you showed in your video are hypotheized to have been modified naginata blades that were refitted to be used as swords towards the end of the warring states period.
This is the only real explanation I could find, the truth is the ninja sword is a myth and wasn’t really a thing. Ninja would just use regular katana but mostly daggers since you can conceal them.
@@Cerberusarms I am aware there was never a real ninjato, however there are artistic depictions of straight bladed swords with a square tsuba that date to the late warring states to the early Edo period. These are the swords I was referring to that I said are hypothesized to be modified naginata blades, or naginata naoshi.
so...let me tell ya (oh like your armor by the way) I worked for 15 + years for a shop that sold a lot of Hanwei products ,I have a bunch of their swords, I've seen some other of your vids and now because of your inclusion of the famous shopping network (oh that got me good) scene you have earned another subscriber and by the way I've seen many a mall ninja (and god I hate the tv version of Highlander) and done martial arts (not very seriously, off and on because of age and health) for many years (doin' tai chi now) but I think your sword technique is quite good and to close remember any sword is better if it has "a dragon on the blade"
Love the video, D! :D I especially like when you gave context on what actual ninja were like, for context of why this sword looks the way it does. It reminds me of why I like Ninjas. Being very utilitarian and disguising as other people, like Fuke-shū monks, is what appeals to me. To battle with manipulation and psychology of others. There's also how they were wilderness men and women who did anything to survive and live another day, just like in the first character of "Ninja", to endure.
Hello, I was looking into buying a tactical katana or gladius on Amazon for home defense. Do you have any recommendations for this? I am just going to buy a glock anyway, but I was looking into this as a cheaper option.
This one time I was walking up a rural road in Venezuela, and at the gates leading to a private path on the side of the road there was a large piece of cardboard with the sign, written in sharpies, reading "Ninjutsu School, ask inside". I've never seen anything more suspicious in mi life.
you should check out TheNinjaEveryDay. he practices toshin taijitsu, which is the hand to hand art that ninja really practice, hes INCREDIBLY legit. also a badass at other martial arts. love the content man, keep it up
taijutsu isnt a martial art its just a blanket term for any weaponless fighting style in japan, on top of that most of the martial arts that get grouped in are significantly more modern than any fighting style than ninjas would have used. koryu is what japanese fighting styles from before modern times are called
I don't know very much about ninjas, not many people do because they did their job well. But wouldn't it be better if you could find something A little more stealth looking like A farmer, or crippled person would have. Just food for thought. Cool video, love the reviews.
13:15 “this thing is just a big dagger”. Well you have to remember, ninja were masters at deception. So the ninjato was basically a short sword in a long scabbard. That way IF they had to fight, they could get up close, be quicker on the draw, and take out there opponents in one strike. Shorter blade, faster kill.
I have a question? What site can I buy a good samurai or katana sword at a good price, even if i don't have thousands of dollars to spend that would be good for self defence?
Actually a round tsuba is technically easier to forge if you actually forge it And you have a style of tsuba that was made to be as cheapest as possible known as the fist style Also I think that the image of the ninja sword was most likely born out of an unlikely source being kinnoto wakizashi
it would have been not too much of an effort to just chop the square into an octagon. instead of maintaining the right 90deg angles and corners. it also 'rounds' the whole shape, well, kinda approximating
I came for a look at a cool sword, came away with a Japanese history lesson. Great video.
"Ooh that got me good" was an excellent, surprisingly relevant reference 😂
Are they all white? What about Mexican ninjas?
Also should mention that the actual documented ninja on what we have documented somewhat where ones that only used katana, so most likely the ninja sword didn't exist but I do agree that maybe most ninja that didn't have any money used old mass manufactured blades or picked up used blades from the battlefields or the battalions in forested areas that they where paid out to kill.
As always a top quality production! Very much appreciate the deep dive research into obscurity. You're looking real good D, good form despite the handicap wrist and blade length. Perhaps an idea for future video is weapons of the gangs like yakuza, for example a tuna sword.
you mean Tuna knife/cleaver?
@@al-imranadore1182 google japanese tuna sword. theres different names. im talking about the ones that look like a long straight katana kinda
Thank you for the awesome review and short history lesson! Will be sharing to our social media soon.
Thanks, been a big fan of your swords for years!
Excellent job Presenting the "real facts" of the Shinogi, A pretty well done sword, nice homage to a class of warriors from a rich Japanese past
Unfortunately some people aren’t willing to accept it
"Especially the white ones..." That had me rofl-ing so bad hahahahaha
It gets really bad, just look up any ninja “master”
Lol yeah had me laughing too
@@Cerberusarms (G.I.Joe) Storm Shadow white ninja: Here, hold my sake a sec
Mall ninjas lol
Except he's wrong and there IS a living master. Look it up 🤷♂️
I'm Japanese, but the only thing I know about ninjas is from what I used to watch in theaters back in the day. Lol. I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. I learned something. Thank you!
What a nice explanation as usual. Hope your wrist is 100% ok by now
I would do anything for a new Tenchu game. every time I think about Ninjas, my brain defaults to this.
I feel you brother. At least we got Tsushima.
New Tenchu game could be set in coldwar era!!! what's your opinion??
Hope the wrist heals up well
Great video. I may have to add a new sword to my collection soon to now, lol
Kinda weird that the limited description given of the Germanic Harii sounds closer to fantasy ninja than historical ninja. Harii wore all black, attacked in the darkest nights, moved stealthy, etc.
But i dont think this is bad, the historical ninja are more interesting than the fantasy ones to me.
Ninjutsu was a skill set, known by the people of Iga and Koga, and the Samurai.
I feel like you just brushed over the origins of the all black outfit so quickly that the viewer wouldnt have had time to absorb it. Ninjas were spies, and the idea that a stage hand, whom the audience had been trained to subconsciously ignore, could be involved in the story and be the assassin??? That is a revolutionary plot twist that NOBODY could've seen coming. It's no wonder the longevity and popularity it brought about, who could ever get over that plot twist? The first 4th wall break ever!?
Yeah it definitely would have blown peoples minds
What?
Cutting tatami on a roof like that. Legend.
Ahhhh i love when you randomly pop up D. You are legendary my man.
Fun Fact: there were Ancient Mystery Schools training assassins worldwide. From the Ninja in Japan to the Middle Eastern Hashish smoking inspiration for the word Assassin. Mystery schools teach alchemy & other skills which allows for the making of poisons, weapons, etc as well as how to influence & manipulate people. Such schools are still alive & well today.
Are they accredited and take financial aid?
@@omegaalpha2974lmfaaaooo
yea gonna need like even a single source on that one
Illuminati Jesuits Knights Templar Freemasonry
Truth
Great video, an interesting counterpoint to Anthony Cummins (?) who says that ninjas as we know when didn't exist. According to his research there was no such thing as a dedicated ninja and that a ninja was more of a role than a profession and that anybody could be a ninja, even samurai.
I know he’s done a ton of research, but Ninja were a secret organization whose origins were largely undocumented. There were definitely times where everyone from merchants to concubines were hired as spies/ninjas but the ones that were trained and hand pick by ninja masters to assault castles were the real ones.
Cummins 🗿
Japan likes to traditionalize everything, so if spycraft, deception, and trickery was traditionalized it would be known and the ninja could not exist. Ninjas still exist they've just changed tactics and don't call themselves ninjas, they don't call themselves anything, they just accomplish tasks by any means whatsoever with whatever is available.
@@SolutionsNotPrayersNews media calls them guerillas.
Super cool video man. Love the format of education before a review. Quick question, where do you get your tatami mats for cutting?
There are paintings of ashigaru with straight bladed swords. I've heard many were reshaped naginata or other weapon blades to make swords. They would be lower quality & such so not likely kept in good condition so havent survived. The few rhat have still have nakago markings saying they are naginata or whatever so likely wouldn't be seen as swords if they were not mounted as such.
This is awesome and I love your theory, its believable and honestly cooler then them having specialty crafted swords
@cerberarusarms what would really be nice is if you do a video or videos about the origins and styles of the Bowie knife.
Yo, nice research and thesis on the sword origins.
Sweet video, Loved the information about sword and history of ninjas. I was a ninja for Halloween every year as a kid and until I was 12. 90s movie 3 Ninjas had me wishing my grandpa was an old Asian ninja master.
3 Ninjas was my jam when I was a kid.
16:00 as you said here that is what this sword was made for, it's a stabbing/thrusting weapon which is why it's straight and not curved, it would have been used for stabbing under floorbroads or gaps in walls slashing is not something you would want as that means your fighting someone and as you have a shorter sword at a disadvantage and failed as a ninja this sword was a tool small compact and multable functions.
Quality production. Was wondering if you work from a script or just wing it? Liked the history content. One of my favorite sword/samurai movies; Red Sun. Charles Bronson brought a gun to a sword fight. Old movies have the best stories.
The artwork you show at 5:09 is actually way sweeter to me than the classic all black ninja. It’s like a medieval ghillie suit!
That was the classic farmer look!
@@Cerberusarms did they wear the straw to keep warm?
@@ConnorPriolawarmth and as a kind of raincoat /poncho
Love the get up especially the shoulder piece and the wrist shields...ah so sweet!!! where can can buy it?
NFStrike, it’s actually Airsoft armor.
Just came across your channel. Only watched 2 videos so far, but I've really enjoyed both of them.
:) "ninjas boppin' along rooftops."
i'm a modern samurai who lost his master (he died 2 years ago because of cancer) and now i'm a Ronin (he teached Ki-Aikido for 40 years).
So, i'm here to join the ninja club.
I have a feeling because the ninja sword was so much shorter than the regular katana they must have used it like 1 handed sword plus maybe shield if the opportunity presented itself, if i was broke and had to use a shorter sword id definitely pair it with a shield of some kind, even wood
Where does one get a dapper ninja suit from the last part?
5:00 well, now it makes sense why Kakariko village in LoZ is always in the mountains.
This is a great well done history lesson on what was and wasn't a ninja! Would love to see your review of an "AFRO SAMURAI" Tachi Sword (I love the Tachi's curvature), with perhaps a compare and contrast of a real Tachi sword...
Makes sense for the sword to be shorter tho. Being that the black suit is for raiding castles in the middle of the night, they'll be fighting in doors where there are a lot more obstacles than in an open battle field. A shorter blade lends itself to a more confined space. And shorter blade is also lighter which lends itself to speed and stealth. Direct confrontation and long-lasting duels were never the intentions.
One question. Where the cool ninja clothes and shields used in this video purchased?
Top notch Sir, Revenge of the Ninja was a huge influence on my mental development as a young boy, from throwing my improvised golf club ninja sword into my neighbours garden then dressing in black and sneaking out of my house at night to go on a retrieval mission to taking jobs for money that Sho Kosugi's character would be proud of from my late 20's into my late 30's, I got obsessed with Musashi and read the book of five rings on the rock in Regin-do, can you tell me if it's full tang? Respect ☘️🇮🇪
15:11 man that armor is sweet. Where did you get it??
I would love to see you do a video on some Thai swords. Like the history and a sword review would be sweet.
I always thought the straight edge and square tsuba were for climbing. You can lean the sword against a wall and use it as a step. No curve means its not a balancing act when stepping on it and the square tsuba keeps the sword from rotating when against a wall.
Can you use it as a step ladder functionally?
shinobi no mono mastered spy-craft, I believe. the rest is we're not supposed to talk about the rest... because ninjitsu (not)
Excellent job one positive criticism I would give is never pose after the cut be ready for a follow up cut or defence right after.
Cool review. Another reason "ninja swords" look the way they do: like you mentioned pop culture and kabuki theatre were the way the legend of the ninja was spread, I've heard it said in the past that the swords the ninja used on stage were short and straight because they were easy to produce. The size may also be to theatrically pull from the back, rather than have any sort of function.
There you go, pop culture does it again!
Yes the short straight blade is primarily so you can draw it off your back. Almost everything about the ninja is based off circumstantial evidence but it’s fun to think about!
Excellent and fun review as always. Beautiful sword.
Hey D might be a shot in the dark but any 40K content coming ? I know you’ve done a little way back when, and you are the reason I got into the hobby after watching it on Node and seeing your BA collection. Just a little curious is all. Thx brother!!!
Amazingly video with some of the most honest ninja info I ever seen. That sword looks super awesome. I might be considering to buy one too while they seem to be in stock. I just wish I knew what music you were playing. Is there a youtube video with it?
It’s a great sword, really in a class of its own.
I’m a ninjitsu master. I played Shinobi III on Sega. That makes me as qualified as the dudes you showed.
Yup way back when I was 10 my mom bought me a full blown ninja suit and It wasn’t a Halloween costume this thing was sturdy. But yes nothing else was cooler than ninjas when you’re a kid.
Lucky. I only got the cheap Halloween costume but I wore it constantly
@@Cerberusarms Yeah no kidding.We were walking down the street waiting for her car to get fixed and we walked into this weird Karate/Pawn Shop and there they had a kid sized ninja outfit.
It was also one of those odd times when a parent is feeling rather generous as she must have seen me completely entranced by it, and she offered to buy it for me. (that kind of thing just didn't happen). She basically unleashed a 10 year Ninja upon the neighborhood (about a decade before Surf Ninjas). 🤣
You should try a truekatana sword. Some are cheap and some are expensive and has very mixed reviews. If I may, I suggest you try one that is around 100$-300$.
Come to my house and start a secret ninja club, please don’t tell my mom. Fricken hilarious. 😂
Try next the opposite of the katana: the dacian falx, curved blade with the sharp side on the inside. The two hands version.
It almost feels that the two handed grip for a short sword is already too much. ok, we know the wakizashi shares that feature too, but gripping both hands shortens your range even more. one-handed grip is easier to telegraph and extend the reach. easier and faster to maneuver. also it shifts the center mass to the weak side of the blade if the grip is shorter.
dunno. it really looked a lot closer combat than one would want to encounter
Short blades are for assassin's
A secret Ninja Club!? I'm in.
🙌🏼
Ok so like you mentioned in your video, ninjas we're Not always dressed in black but in camouflage and this is where my question comes in do you think that the Japanese ninjas used old school Ghillie Suits like the Japanese soldiers in ww2? and do you think that the ninjas had katana ghillie suits?
They definitely used a form of ghillie suits in the mountains.
I've got the Kouga and Iga, both definitely very cool. I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem, but the Kouga's kashira on mine was not secured. I fixed it with some super glue with a needle injection applicator and its held up just fine for hanging on a wall and handling for funsies but I've never done any kind of cutting with either of them. All in all, I'm pretty happy with both of these swords and they each came with a copy of The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (English translation). I'm not sure if Hanwei is still packing that in or if it was a limited bonus when these swords were first introduced from Hanwei, but definitely a fun little bonus item if they're still offering that in the sales.
That’s weird mine was super secure, might have been banged up in transit. I know hanwei is great at replacing damaged swords. I didn’t know they originally came packaged with the ninja scrolls that’s awesome, maybe if you buy them directly from Hanwei but mine was from another retailer.
D years ago: *is an intern and editor for Corridor and Node*
D nowadays: “If you wanna check it out, I have a video about it over on my gaming channel Node”
😂
I'm here for the ninja club
Long live Sho Kosugi, the definitive on screen Ninja of my adolescence.
The Ninja Sword aka Ninjato was always a side weapon they would pick up katana but for lang range they used the Kusari-kama A sickle with a chain ending in a weight. These would be used more than the ninjato when fighting.
Repurposed farming tools were definitely a part of the ninja arsenal. In the right hands they can be very deadly.
Awesome vid!
Will you review one of Miller Bros Blades
I like your gear uniform gi where can I buy the same?
I had a blue T-shirt with a picture of a Ninja on it when I was a kid. Loved that T-shirt. Wore it for school pictures and everything. 😊
You can always buy a replacement sagea, from the Tozandoshop. As a leathersmith I would be so tempted to make a cool leather skin for the Saya with a dragons eye.
I was hoping to see the wall scaling feature lol
The straight bladed sword also may have been a result of hammering out a makeshift, disposable sword. Those kind of blades would not have a need for a thermally altered edge, therefore no curve.
As a retired ninja,
KANCHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
What do you think of the Cold Steel Chisa Katana?
Nice video, but I find the idea that the historical basis of this sword to be hand-me-down chokuto to be a bit of a stretch. We are talking about a roughly thousand year gap between when the chokuto was phased out and the warring states period in which the ninja were most active in Japanese history. You suggested that peasants would have kept swords, but peasants didn't exactly have the luxury to just hang on to a sword like that. More likely they would have used it as a tool or scrapped it to use the metal to make tools of their trade. To my knowledge, the only swords that even ressembled the sword you showed in your video are hypotheized to have been modified naginata blades that were refitted to be used as swords towards the end of the warring states period.
This is the only real explanation I could find, the truth is the ninja sword is a myth and wasn’t really a thing. Ninja would just use regular katana but mostly daggers since you can conceal them.
@@Cerberusarms I am aware there was never a real ninjato, however there are artistic depictions of straight bladed swords with a square tsuba that date to the late warring states to the early Edo period. These are the swords I was referring to that I said are hypothesized to be modified naginata blades, or naginata naoshi.
Please try test cutting with Maguro Bocho and explore the possibility of combat with them.
so...let me tell ya (oh like your armor by the way) I worked for 15 + years for a shop that sold a lot of Hanwei products ,I have a bunch of their swords, I've seen some other of your vids and now because of your inclusion of the famous shopping network (oh that got me good) scene you have earned another subscriber and by the way I've seen many a mall ninja (and god I hate the tv version of Highlander) and done martial arts (not very seriously, off and on because of age and health) for many years (doin' tai chi now) but I think your sword technique is quite good and to close remember any sword is better if it has "a dragon on the blade"
A dragon on the blade instantly makes any sword 200% better
Where did you get all the gear from like the uniform and armor?
Ohhh yeah... the Ol' "Kiss and Thrust", which comes straight after KANCHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Love the video, D! :D
I especially like when you gave context on what actual ninja were like, for context of why this sword looks the way it does.
It reminds me of why I like Ninjas. Being very utilitarian and disguising as other people, like Fuke-shū monks, is what appeals to me. To battle with manipulation and psychology of others.
There's also how they were wilderness men and women who did anything to survive and live another day, just like in the first character of "Ninja", to endure.
The sword is $600 and our of stock on their site.
But can you please drop a link to were I can get your Shinobi outfit from!
I pieced it together from stuff I had already.
@Cerberusarms dang man, that's freakin nice!
Just bought my custom waiting for it pretty excited
Nice where from?
That spinning slice is gangster
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I would imagine the short sword to be useful in close quarters. Modern military special forces use 10 inch barreled ARs.
I had the practical Hanwei Ninja sword and It wasn't full tang, the handle broke. But I made a new handle and still have It.
Subbed! Great vid! Thank you! If a ninja club is started I’m in!! I own a Sho Kosugi T10 steel Ninjato and it’s Awesome!
Hey, where did you get the ninja outfit?
I made it from pieces I found online
A great film Imyself only use my black suit because my stuff is also connected to shadow puppet arts so its practical
Thank You, Sensei 🙏⛩️🇯🇵
You are creative, my friend
I'm not a metallurgist l, but can high carbon mono steel be differentially hardened?
Mono means it’s not differentially hardened.
Hello, I was looking into buying a tactical katana or gladius on Amazon for home defense. Do you have any recommendations for this? I am just going to buy a glock anyway, but I was looking into this as a cheaper option.
Just use that money for handgun training and buy a Glock. Swords are terrible home defense weapons.
This one time I was walking up a rural road in Venezuela, and at the gates leading to a private path on the side of the road there was a large piece of cardboard with the sign, written in sharpies, reading "Ninjutsu School, ask inside". I've never seen anything more suspicious in mi life.
you should check out TheNinjaEveryDay. he practices toshin
taijitsu, which is the hand to hand art that ninja really practice, hes INCREDIBLY legit. also a badass at other martial arts. love the content man, keep it up
taijutsu isnt a martial art its just a blanket term for any weaponless fighting style in japan, on top of that most of the martial arts that get grouped in are significantly more modern than any fighting style than ninjas would have used. koryu is what japanese fighting styles from before modern times are called
@@shrub9677 you right, i realized i forgot to put the vestige. my b
I don't know very much about ninjas, not many people do because they did their job well. But wouldn't it be better if you could find something A little more stealth looking like A farmer, or crippled person would have. Just food for thought. Cool video, love the reviews.
I'd like to design a tactical ninja sword with a tactical scabbard that's possibly a projectile device
13:15 “this thing is just a big dagger”. Well you have to remember, ninja were masters at deception.
So the ninjato was basically a short sword in a long scabbard. That way IF they had to fight, they could get up close, be quicker on the draw, and take out there opponents in one strike.
Shorter blade, faster kill.
It's awesome learn history of weapons and culture. I wonder what the next one will be
Great video very interesting
I have a question? What site can I buy a good samurai or katana sword at a good price, even if i don't have thousands of dollars to spend that would be good for self defence?
You should loo into Cold Steel Swords. Very nice and effective.
I have, not a fan. I prefer more traditionally made swords. Plus Cold Steels QC is notoriously bad.
Fascinating theory, essentially ninja could have been using old military surplus swords.
Actually a round tsuba is technically easier to forge if you actually forge it
And you have a style of tsuba that was made to be as cheapest as possible known as the fist style
Also I think that the image of the ninja sword was most likely born out of an unlikely source being kinnoto wakizashi
it would have been not too much of an effort to just chop the square into an octagon. instead of maintaining the right 90deg angles and corners. it also 'rounds' the whole shape, well, kinda approximating
Here for the super secret ninja club.
Hell yeah 👊
Hope your hand gets better. Thanks for the info