08-02-2006, 04:06 PM
aboutmass production......... look above....... and read.......
then you say:
Samurai's leather armor.................
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH???????????
I think you still need to learn a lot on Samurai Armour..... it was made of
metal laced together by silk...
Samurai swords were made of a high grade steel. which the Romans never invented....... and they couldnt, since the conditions of forging swords, and the folding and tempering techniques are so intertwined with the japanese environment, it just cant be copied outside of japan. That also is the reason why for instance Hanwei and other modern sword makers can come only to about 50 % of the original quality of japanese swords.
The japanese were not that focused on killing each other, but simply were not interested in begoming a big empire after two consecutive attempts to conquer Korea, in which they won, but found it too much fuss to stay....
The sengoku no jidai was a period in which Japan was totally unstable, and which saw the warring factions battling each other, and the emperor.. Please read up on this period, try any book by A.J. Bryant.
Samurai armies also reached massive volumes during the sengoku jidai, and armies of 100.000 plus were not uncommon, though they consisted of about 50 families at any given time, which also quarreled.... they were not standing armies as the legions.
Also, there was no use for ballistae and scorpii in Japanese society since castles were made of wood, not stone. also the Japanese georgraphical makeup of the country does not at all make Scorpii and ballistae interesting. siege towers were built, siege works too, but on a totally different level.
that is why a clash between Romans and Samurai armies is so interesting..... it might as well end in a stalemate.
baka na gaijin! hahahaha :wink:
M.VIB.M.
then you say:
Samurai's leather armor.................
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH???????????
I think you still need to learn a lot on Samurai Armour..... it was made of
metal laced together by silk...
Samurai swords were made of a high grade steel. which the Romans never invented....... and they couldnt, since the conditions of forging swords, and the folding and tempering techniques are so intertwined with the japanese environment, it just cant be copied outside of japan. That also is the reason why for instance Hanwei and other modern sword makers can come only to about 50 % of the original quality of japanese swords.
The japanese were not that focused on killing each other, but simply were not interested in begoming a big empire after two consecutive attempts to conquer Korea, in which they won, but found it too much fuss to stay....
The sengoku no jidai was a period in which Japan was totally unstable, and which saw the warring factions battling each other, and the emperor.. Please read up on this period, try any book by A.J. Bryant.
Samurai armies also reached massive volumes during the sengoku jidai, and armies of 100.000 plus were not uncommon, though they consisted of about 50 families at any given time, which also quarreled.... they were not standing armies as the legions.
Also, there was no use for ballistae and scorpii in Japanese society since castles were made of wood, not stone. also the Japanese georgraphical makeup of the country does not at all make Scorpii and ballistae interesting. siege towers were built, siege works too, but on a totally different level.
that is why a clash between Romans and Samurai armies is so interesting..... it might as well end in a stalemate.
baka na gaijin! hahahaha :wink:
M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!
H.J.Vrielink.
