amazing to watch this!
one idea, like japanese swordsmen, how about not pushing the blade straigt but in a angle, or in a curve?
i mean sideways also.
will give much finer and stronger cut
the tested this 2 times in mythbusters and still could not figure it out, just tried to swing the sword in pure simple rotating movement, which isn't anything you see swirdmasters do
Plenty of people have the resources to set up a workshop, but they don't bother. We should celebrate these weirdos (positively valenced) who make the world a little better.
If you work a good 9-5 you've got several hours each day to tinker. Also, nothing in that video was 100k+. A nice watchmaker's lathe is ~10k. A full CNC enabled Bridgeport mill is 12k. That shop could be assembled with care for ~20k, or carelessly for ~50k. It's not nothing, but it's less than a boat. It's less than a country club membership. It's less than a few trips to Disney World.
The embedded advertisement at the end was most enjoyable (a first for me)
Thank you for that comment. I had initially skipped that section and went back and watched it after reading this.
I just did the same. It was a good ad :)
That's the most steam punk sharpener I've seen. Looks like one of those obviously too expensive items people put on their fancy desks.
Shut up and take my money!
amazing to watch this! one idea, like japanese swordsmen, how about not pushing the blade straigt but in a angle, or in a curve? i mean sideways also. will give much finer and stronger cut the tested this 2 times in mythbusters and still could not figure it out, just tried to swing the sword in pure simple rotating movement, which isn't anything you see swirdmasters do
The part where he's testing the blade motion and you see the bandages on his fingers I found a bit… disturbing.
He even called out the unintended contact!
"How to Sharpen Pencils" (2012 article about David Rees)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/books/review/how-to-sharp...
Another take on the subject https://youtu.be/wh8ij9NnLIQ (Stuff Made Here)
Such a weird way of flexing "I have workshop worth hundreds thousands of pounds and have all the time I need for vanity projects".
He has over quarter of a million subscribers so presumably it's his full time job?
Although now for all technical blog posts to HN I feel I should respond: such a weird way of flexing "I have a 6 figure tech job".
Plenty of people have the resources to set up a workshop, but they don't bother. We should celebrate these weirdos (positively valenced) who make the world a little better.
If you work a good 9-5 you've got several hours each day to tinker. Also, nothing in that video was 100k+. A nice watchmaker's lathe is ~10k. A full CNC enabled Bridgeport mill is 12k. That shop could be assembled with care for ~20k, or carelessly for ~50k. It's not nothing, but it's less than a boat. It's less than a country club membership. It's less than a few trips to Disney World.