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Anonymous File :-(, x)
Damascus steel, or by its original recipe it's now called "wootz," was simply a mix of different steels, but back when most individual steels sucked, this almost fiberous mix of them lent a good deal of strength overall. Nothing mystical or fantastic. The ever-sharpening myth would work for a very little while if it were used to slice a lot of soft stuff - the edge would wear irregularly and become serrated - but once that wore down, you'd just have a dull sword with a rough edge.
Which was best? There were simply too many of all of them to honestly tell. Which would _I_ take? A katana, because I prefer the balance, blade geometry (slashing, not chopping, kids! Remember what I said about shattering the edge!), overall average weight, and a good tsuka-ito (handle wrap) is really amazing. Honestly when playing with dull sparring swords, I prefer a nodachi, but they're a little exhausting and cumbersome - awesome reach though!
BTW, shaved pixels are no different from unshaved pixels. I don't mind the censorship in a lot of Japanese AV, but a censored paipan video is really pointless. :/
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