9MM Vs. Katana/.50 Cal Machine Gun Vs. Katana

YouTube ^ | 08/07/06 | Various

[Reaganesque]

...can a katana blade REALLY cut through a bullet as portrayed in many anime and video games?

Click here for the answer.

Can a katana blade cut through a bullet fired from a .50 cal machine gun?

Click here for the answer.

[Reaganesque]

Amazing video! Maybe this should be forwarded on to the Mythbusters guys? They'd love this one!

[mnehring]

I would never want to risk an artisan created (or antique) katana to that test. To me, that would be like testing the Mona Lisa to see if it is fireproof.

[Squantos]

I added banglist keyword as this is pretty cool.......LOL

I am surprised that blade held up to a few hits of the 50BMG before it failed......Wow !

[NonValueAdded]

or bear vs kanawa

[spunkets]

Fast.

[Inyo-Mono]

You got that right!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670661/posts

[hiredhand]

That's ONE tough piece of steel!

[NavVet]

Never bring a Katana to a 50 cal. fight.

[xone]

Now all the katana bearer needs to do it get the lineup right. As the shooter, he let the swordsman get WAY too close.

[sinanju]

It doesn’t have to be a “live” katana.

I heard from a bladesmith that the stunt is quite simple and any halfway-decent blade can cut a bullet in flight. Just has to be properly aligned.

[Hugin]

Mythbusters did test whether a katana could cut through a hot 50 cal Browning barrel, as was alleged by some people to have happened. They heated a ma-deuce barrel to the kind of heat it would reach from extended firing, and made a machine to swing it at the upper limit of human ability. Result, broken blade, intact barrel. Next they heated the barrel red hot. Broken blade. Next, white hot barrel, and blade at 3x the maximum human speed. Small cut into the metal, broken blade.

Myth busted.

[Reaganesque]

That blew my mind too!

[Reaganesque]

I saw that too. That’s why I thought of them when I saw this video. Somehow, I have the feeling Adam and Jamie would love to do their own tests on this!

[SlapHappyPappy]

It is a Hatori Hanzo sword!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

great vid

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Their machine swung the blade at the worst possible angle, which would not cut.

They do a lot of junk science.

[Joe Brower]

Monday fun thread. I still wouldn't bring a knife to a gunfight, even if it was a big knife.

I don't know about cutting bullets, and no swordsman I know would even hazard to try, but I do know that a full-sized katana (a real one, not the $39 display junk from Cheaper Than Dirt) is a weapon to be reckoned with, even in the hands of an unskilled individual. Plus they don't make much noise, and they don't run out of bullets...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Things that make you say HMMMMMM....

[Pistolshot]

Maybe they need to use one of these instead.

[absolootezer0]

they do alot of good stuff, they just don’t always do it right.
there’s no comparison when using the cheapie wall hanger types of swords they tend to use in their tests and a true katana. alot of their tests would come out different if they used the right materials.