User blog comment:Affectos/Hugh de Paynes vs. Oda Nobunaga/@comment-4661256-20120809010452/@comment-5195329-20120809113337

Wha? That video was a small segment from an hour long episode of show. Was the whole episode made just to have R. Lee Ermey like the Katana (and AK vs M16 doesn't count)? Also, I don't think the video was meant for proving plate worthless, when it was built up as the hardest thing to beat and neither beat it. The point that Spartan made was that the two swords had a thrusting test and one went deeper, so the Katana could probably thrust into the chain mail (like the Epee B. can). Also Thrand's video is comparing the Viking Longsword to the Katana, which he points out is a different sword than the one the show (and also Payens) used. Plus, if anything was made with the soul purpose of proving a point it was Thrad's video, not R. Lee's.