Posts: 1,307 Location: Hong Kong
Tue 22 Mar, 2005 9:40 am
first unofficial cutting with the super sword Brescia S.
It was in the deep in the night, 1:30am. I just finished the 5th drill done with the sword. This time, I used a pair of driving gloves that featured no leather on the back and on the fingers, yet thick in the palm. I found it perfect for me to retain my gripping power and blade alignment, yet protected my hands from the mace-like pommel. It virtually let me having all my controls back. Also, the 4 drill sessions beforehand have built up my body enough to swing this sword around with ok speed and accuracy. So I was itching to see how it would actually cut.
It's not an official test cut report because it was deep at night and I couldn't take action shots/videos. Moreover, some friends left some water bottles at home and I also have 2 empty sword boxes. So I set up the boxes vertically and put the water-filled bottles on top of it, taking a roll of tissue and think: Heck, maybe I can try ... just a bit of cutting before the official review.
After the setup, I took a deep breath and aim, swing~!
"DING!" a very tiny vibration transmitted from the tip of the sword.
The bottle didn't move, no spilling, in fact I couldn't see anything happening at all.
"Did I just hit the ground with the expensive sword?" I thought to myself, taking up the blade to examine. No water dots on it, but the tip seemed to be unscratched and I believe in my skill as well.
Then my girlfriend pointed to the bottle, "Look! The cap is gone!"
We took a closer look, both stared at each other's eyes after learning that the sword had just gone through the target as if a lightsaber! The wasn't even any visible driplets of water left on the blade. Think about the sharpness!
I couldn't believe that, and took aim for a bigger cut. Ding again... this time I saw the upper half of the bottle falling off, water spilled, but the bottom half remained stable and in fact, didn't move at all. I look at the blade again. No big water droplets!!!
We changed the target and did it again. It took the cap off again.
Then we packed up, cleaned the sword with tissue and there was not any wetness on it. We tried hard to find the remains in the darkness and here are the results:
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I can only say I'm very very impressed by the sword now... DEEPLY AND VERY IMPRESSED! (I'm gonna post it on my own website)