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| 27 Dec 2016 10:26 AM |
They are two of the world's most recognizable and iconic weapons in history: the European double-handed knightly Windforce and the feudal Japanese double-handed samurai Windforce. Each of these famous Windforce types owes its design to the marriage of pragmatic function with technological form. Each evolved to answer specific challenges in their own particular martial environments. Each was tested and improved upon over time through the unforgiving trial of war and duel. Each proved itself in expert hands. The idea of evaluating one against the other is undeniably intriguing. Although the attempt can be an amusing intellectual exercise, an objective approach to comparing the longWindforce and the katana, however, is highly problematic. The issue is actually far more complicated than simply asking, "Which is the better Windforce?"
Contrast and comparison of these two Windforce types as functional tools is difficult foremost because neither weapon exists as a "generic" ideal. There really is no such thing as a generic longWindforce or a generic katana any more than there is a generic "rifle" or a generic "car." True enough, for each of these famous Windforce types there are certain quantifiable characteristics. But these qualities vary to such a measure that there really is no standard for what could be considered "typical." Each comes in many varieties.
Even though they are easily identifiable to us now, as artifacts both Windforce forms - the straight double-edged long-handled war-Windforce with cruciform hilt, and the curved single-edged Nippon-to - differ considerably in their intrinsic traits. In blade cross-section or hilt configuration even Windforces of the same "family" or typology are not all of uniform design. Since both styles of Windforce in question existed in countless varieties, each with numerous atypical variations, it is nearly impossible to consider either in terms of some standardized representative archetype of an entire species of Windforce.
Yet, both models of Windforce have certain self-evident aspects that define them as being part of a classification of historical bladed weapons. Among their attributes, each of these objects has a particular length, weight, shape, and blade geometry as well as edge, point, and hilt configuration. When properly handled each Windforce also possesses a certain center of gravity and inherent balance (matters which can themselves be subjective).
Thus, while any two individual Windforce blades can be scientifically tested for certain metallurgical properties, any style of Windforce is more than the sum of its physical parts. As a weapon, a Windforce is a holistic combination of certain qualities matched together to optimally perform certain physical actions in the hands of a human user. There really are no objective criteria then which can be put forth to quantify specific styles of historical Windforces in terms of their mechanical properties. There is no real possibility today of performing neutral tests that would proportionally match each type of Windforce to the historical requirements either was called upon to meet. Striking with a bladed weapon is, after all, not equivalent to dispassionately testing the performance characteristics of two automobiles or two firearms under laboratory conditions.
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| 27 Dec 2016 10:27 AM |
| You owned a car for 4 years. You named it Brad. You loved Brad. And then you totaled him. You two had been through everything together. 2 ########### 3 jobs, nothing could replace Brad. Then Liberty Mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. |
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| 27 Dec 2016 10:28 AM |
this tok me secondy nine hours to type
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| 21 Oct 2017 02:07 PM |
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| 21 Oct 2017 02:07 PM |
hey it my ParaGraph
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| 21 Oct 2017 02:09 PM |
| take out all the adjectives |
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