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Originally Posted by Bill
Would a well made blade nick on bone?
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Sometimes, but not always. Skill helps but nature of blade is critical.
Human heads come off easily to a skilled heads man.
At Nanking Japanese officers held competitions to see who could behead the most people without stopping for rest. These were published in Japanese papers.
It was usual to get over 100 beheadings done.
Some of the contempary Japanese reports mention bent or nicked blades, but many katana {both old & new.} came through unscathed.
I have a kukri used for beheading buffalo in a Nepali village every year since 1918 or 1919 at Dashien in Nepal up untill 2 years ago.
No nicks on it.
Thats because The idea is to hit between the vertebrae, not smack in the middle of one!
thats whats seperates the experts from the amatuers.
Spiral