Originally posted by KingD19
That is how katanas are made. Especially traditionally. Its also stated that the quality of Hattori's swords are superior to all others. And the one he made for Beatrix is even better than the others he made for the Deadly Vipers.
So he spent countless hours folding his blades not for any practical purpose but only to stick to tradition?
Ok, even if we consider that to be true. In the end, you'll have high grade steel forged using an outdated smithing method, which still means that the katana blade will be more rigid and not as springy as the rapier blade. Meaning the katana blade will still get damaged more easily than the rapier blade.
Note that I'm not saying the rapier blade can overpower the katana blade, simply that the rapier blade will survive way more abuse than the katana blade.
Also, they claimed it was the best katana among other katanas. Did they claim it was better than other swords?
Originally posted by KingD19
All other "swords", not katanas.And Hattori was the greatest swordsmith in the world and said the one he created for her was his best ever.
Westley's doesnt even have a name. Why are you trying to compare them?
On top of that i dont see Westley going against the vipers like Kiddo did.
Their world. Kill Bill's world. And there's really no proof of that other than hearsay.
And as i have previously mentioned, check some of the fights in Kill Bill then compare it to how Wesley fights. Wesley's swordwork os far faster than the Bride's. Everyone the Bride defeated moved about as fast (or slow) as her. She has never fought someone who used a sword as fast or as agile as Wesley.
Rapier's are made specifically for 1 vs 1 duels.
Katana's are not..
Even Stan Sakai, the author of Usagi Yojimbo (An authority if ever there was one) wrote a European fencer beating the crap out of Japanese samurai. Usagi pretty much won on plot (More or less caught the Frenchman napping as he sliced open his belly..)