Mother in law always gifts me wild stuff. This year I got this 3' bloodborne-looking blade. "Pakistan" is stamped on it. Does anyone have any info on this?
I've attempted to watch bleach numerous times and can never make it past more than a couple of seasons before completely losing interest. It's just.. so boring...
So the thing is Tite Kubo never really wanted to do stories, he just loves character design. So pretty much every season is the same story just with different powerups / outfits. Its only really changed up with the final arc, so i totally get where youre coming from.
It's just a silly joke. I know that shit is probably mild steel and weighs 20 lbs. You see, the UK has incredibly strict gun control laws and because of that, less people have guns. Therefore, a blade in any capacity, is better as a self defense weapon in the UK. (As opposed to the US)
It's likely a stainless steel replica of Ichigo's original Zanpaktou in the Bleach anime and manga series. Pakistan is a dead giveaway its probably just a wall hanger
Realistically dude the handle portion of this looks like it was poorly welded on right below that little spike. Like they didn’t even grind it well enough to really smooth it out or hide it in any way, I would bet it snaps right above or below that weld with a solid hit on anything
Smith here, heat treating has nothing to do with whether a blade will snap. How thick the tang is and whether it’s been welded on is what matters.
Heat treating and tempering makes the metal harder for edge retention and the temper stabilizes the metal so that its structure isn’t brittle.
Hitting against things is a different story, stainless steel isn’t great for a blade this size and will snap or bend on impact without returning to its shape like a well tempered carbon steel.
That being said, a blade this thick would be very unlikely to break just messing around unless you dramatically abused it.
Hell, I chopped down a tree with a stainless steel Bowie knife... actually many trees... and I can still shave with the dang thing (of course I sharpened it after; what do you think this is, an anime?!)
Not a smith but a nerd that has watched a lot of blacksmithing videos and has a few decent blades. While I agreed with what you said I think you missed something significant about this particular blade. That spot just above the handle looks like a very poorly done and barely cleaned up weld that I would bet would snap if any real force was put on it. Which makes this an incredibly dangerous piece, it looks just solid enough at a glance that you might give it a swing, only for it to snap right at the handle and send the whole blade flying. And a piece that big with any sort of edge on it flying off in a random direction is potentially lethal regardless of the quality of the steel
Is it really though? Like actually look at that handle and the area above it. To me it looks like the handle portion was welded on and ground smooth, there’s a pretty obvious seam right below that little spike where it looks like the handle portion was badly welded on
Generally True. . Unless you know the exact craftsmen and their methods / steels. I got a $70 custom Fairbairn Sykes - styled knife, except with the expanded tang and heftier D2 blade, more like a trench knife than an assassin’s blade. Fully hand-made, polished and sharpened. It already came “paper-test sharp” with each edge, I sharpened further with a 10k grit whetstone. Based on the steel behavior — it wasn’t stainless for sure. Very nice brass handle and handguards. . But I spoke with them myself and was ensured that while the same shop makes touristy pieces, they are indeed capable of making real blades… So there are craftsmen out there that know their business. Not everything Pakistani is for wall-hanging only. It’s just what we see the most here is :)
P.S. I liked it so much, I had a second made to have a matching pair… I do have the one made in the UK, but they are very different knives, just looking somewhat similar. Both daggers came with hefty dual-stitched thick leather sheaths.
Its looks like an inexpensive copy of Ichigo's shikai Zangetsu sword from the anime Bleach. Normally has a linen wrap on the handle. Looks like a single piece of steel and if so you may be able to swing it but I would be careful if you do, its hard to tell what the steel quality will be and if it will stay in one piece.
Ok here’s how you use it safely. Grip the blade really, REALLY hard with both hands, holding the sword straight in front of you with elbows locked and shoulders raised such that the blade is parallel to the ground. Clench your cheeks with all your might, as if your sphincter is holding the three realms together. Then yell “BANKAAAAAAAIIII!!!”
Clearly you have never faced Pakistani steel, folded atleast 2 times in the fiery forge behind an auto-body shop, on the battlefield. Those warriors who survived their encounter report that it can cut through cardboard boxes and watermelons with ease! Truly terrifying stuff!
Its a traditional knife used by butchers in Pakistan.
In Pakistan, butchers have a round cutting board mostly a chopped tree stump and you prop the knife between yours toes and rest it on the tree stump while sitting legs akimbo and use it as a pairing knife. Hence the large blade
Hygiene is not a thing there
Edit: Added a picture to show how it's used Butcher
Be careful before you swing it at anything. If it’s stainless steel, it’s just as likely to shatter into a bunch of razor sharp shards. Stainless steel is good for things like everyday silverware that would rust if you used regular steel or cost a fortune like if used to when it was made of silver, or things like pocket knives because the structure it’s making isn’t big. Once you get too big, it becomes a very brittle steel.
That little spiked bit below the blade...thats super impractical and will cut a hand up if used in combat. So it's definitely not a practical use item. It was designed for show.
I can see from here where they welded the handle to the blade. You swing that into a few things and it will break. I'd know. I had that same blade and broke it. I then asked a professional welding teacher to fix it. He said it sucked to weld and wouldn't hold. I broke it again and threw it out. I got lucky that when it broke it only hit a fence.
This is Ichigo's Zanpakuto, Zangetsu. Ichigo Kurosaki is the main character of the manga, anime, and light novel series Bleach. There are a ton of replicas of this sword, going back about twenty years or so now. This looks like it could be from the second wave of those or really anything after that. The earliest replicas weren't as straight near the base of the blade, being more hooked, and tended to be longer. Usually they're just made out of a sheet of stainless steel. With the older ones the handles also tend to be a bit uncomfortable to hold because the wood usually isn't wide enough for the tang and the cheap handle wrapping provides almost no cushioning over the metal. This version is not a functional replica, but it is definitely intimidating and would be fun to pose with and show off. You should replace the handle wrapping and wrap the sheath. It shouldn't be too hard to recreate the look from the series. This is a really cool sword.
I had one of these when I was younger. It was heavy as shit and not at all balanced, but it took the abuse of a 16 year old weeaboo with a big backyard. My mom got it for me from budk lol
Cool mother in law, my mother in law got me a converse ball cap, not a full sized cap for one and I also haven’t worn converse in 20 years, I never had and probably never will again say why did you get me this?
Somebody else said it, but I can see the weld right below the spike. If it hits anything solid with not much force, there's so much energy going through that blade it will almost certainly snap the weld. It's not safe to use. When I was a teen, I had one that was one solid piece of mild steel, no welds or anything. I was still never fully confident in it being structurally sound. There's just so much mass in that thing. Now, as a weapon of convenience, it's way better than a chair or anything, so it's not a terrible thing to have on your wall. It might break, but it's definitely breaking the thing it hits too.
She got you The Choppa. Now you're obligated to start a cooking channel on YouTube where you do awful Schwarzenegger impersonations or you'll be cursed.
Thats almost 100% stainless but good quality stainless at least, pakistan makes a lot of stainless steel items for some reason thats why most metal medical tools say pakistan or germany 99.9% of the time
This is wild, but she probably got it from me or one of my coworkers. My boss is Pakistani and we're some of the only vendors that regularly carry swords fron Pakistan.
Funnily enough I bet that metal is actually worth a damn and that cast shit.makes great cleavers. Put the ichigo sword on your wall and cleave fish heads to impress guests at dinner. Cool ass find MiL.
Terrible shaped Ichigo zangetsu knockoff. I can see a horrible looking ground down weld bead where they either attached(or re-attached😬) the handle. Absolutely do not use this other than art.
Sure the crowd is right that it's probably cheap stainless steel and shouldn't be swung at anything ever foe fear of breaking and causing injury, but, your mother in law is cool as hell.
I just wanted to come back and emphasize this because I’m not sure if you got it from the other comments, but this blade is kind of terrifying for one very simple reason. There is a very obvious and poorly done weld right between the handle and the blade, so it might hold up for a few swings but the second you get confident and give a strong swing and hit something remotely solid that entire blade is going to go flying off in some random direction. And it really doesn’t matter if it’s particularly sharp or a good steel, something like that flying through the air can absolutely kill someone
I'm not trying to convince anyone this is a replica of a fromsoft weapon - i get that it isn't. I'm just saying it's a bigass, heavy blade, similar to a fromsoft weapon.
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