Talk:Katana

message: The page says under forging that cooling the blade slowly causes the iron and carbon to separate. This is not true at all. When a blade is allowed to cool slowly it forms an laminar iron-carbon structure called pearlite. There is no separation of iron and carbon. I am updating the entry to reflect this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.208.235.23 (talk) 05:09, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: And there's not a single mention of that on this wiki. I am dissapoint  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.103.61.248 (talk) 17:36, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: While that is a hilarious meme, that isn't really appropri... Actually, maybe in a "in popular culture"-section, which this article seems to lack.--ZarlanTheGreen (talk) 15:59, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Katanas are underpowered in d20

message: For some time now User:555nhs has been persistently adding the sentence "Some historians argue that katana were among the finest cutting weapons in world military history." to the lead, and has been reverted, by several editors. It's sourced, but not to works that do much except to repeat a truism. It's also in the body, now, under Description, which is fine. However, it keeps getting duplicated in the lead. I'm getting tired of reverting and placing disruptive editing templates (I won't place the final warning, or go to ANI, if it's just my doing so). What should be done? Dhtwiki (talk) 08:39, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the statement is too vague to be worth including in the lead.  It's also ambiguously worded.  Is it saying that these weapons are among the best weapons for cutting, or that they have among the finest (ie sharpest) edges, or that the are among the most finely crafted of cutting weapons? Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:50, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

text: Quite frankly, I think that statement---despite its parroting sources---has no place even under the Description subheader:  It's a conclusion, not a fact, and the sources do nothing to support that conclusion but state it as a truism.  This is, however, one of those cases where I think it best to defer to people more knowledgeable than I.Eunomiac (talk) 10:23, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disruptive editing of lead 

message: Hi,
should Tameshigiri be included in the list of activities performed with a katana?
From the "I once heard ..." section:
- Japanese ironwork developed in part due to the low quality/iron content of the avaiable iron sand, which required more processes than other iron sources to give high quality steel. Not sure how one should put this, but, a lot of tinkering results in a lot of innovation ...?
- Historical swordmaking had ups and downs, with a definite high well before the Edo period. The Masamune (?) generation managed to harden steel to a hardness only achieved with the introduction of working steel in a chamber with inert gas (argon?). Dunno if it is an urban myth or not, but as part of the history of metallurgy, it seems noteworthy, if true.
T 88.89.219.147 (talk) 20:08, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addendums 

message: The picture of the example of a hamon is a modern acid fake-hamon, 100%. r.m.
:You mean it's a modern reproduction? What does the acid part mean? Is it a good likeness? (ie can we keep it in and explain that it's a replica or is it inaccurate?). Thanks, once I understand i will be happy to look at the issue. ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ᐁT₳LKᐃ  12:59, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: PS are any of the pictures [ |here] better suited? ‡ Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ᐁT₳LKᐃ  13:01, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Example of a hamon" 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello - 
Issue : I would think soft steel and medium steel are inverted. Soft steel should correspond to red and medium to orange.
Justification : https://japaneseswordindex.com/laminate.htm (in addition to basic metallurgy logic).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mai Balsych Of Korse (talk • contribs) 23:47, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error - Picture - Different blade laminating methods  

message: Outside Japan, katana is a sword worn with the blade facing up, which became the mainstream Japanese sword after tachi, but in Japan, it is specifically called uchigatana. The term katana in Japan is a broad term that refers to single-edged swords from all over the world, and it is necessary to pay attention to the confusion in the vocabulary. If you connect to the Japanese version of wikipedia from the English version of katana page, you will find information about the world's single-edged sword, and if you connect to the Japanese version from the English version of uchigatana page, you will find information about katana. Therefore, the description on this page overlaps with that of uchigatana. This means that on English wikipedia, someone has to delete the uchigatana page.--SLIMHANNYA (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Katana and uchigatana 

message: カタナ spells out Katana in the Katakana script. However, Katakana script is generally not used for normal japanese words. Instead it is usually used for loanwords, proper nouns/names and technical terms. The sword Katana is none of those. Instead, there is a motorcycle named after the Katana which is called カタナ.
In my opinion the Katakana script of the name should be deleted from the article as it is misleading (and/or irrelevant).R K NI (talk) 19:24, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, it is irrelevant here.  I have  the katakana spelling.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 01:42, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  カタナ 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Samurai sword and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 13#Samurai sword until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 18:31, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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message: I've redirected the page :Uchigatana to this page :Katana. The previous content appears to be a WP:CONTENTFORK of this article. Whether to use the Japanese name or the English name for the article is a separate question; clearly both pages were about the same topic. jnestorius(talk) 23:06, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  uchigatana redirect 

message: Does anyone know what the average age is of when a samurai gets their katana? PleaseAllowThisName (talk) 16:09, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Average Age When A Samurai Gets Their Katana