Slow drawing and sheathing of a Japanese Samurai sword (katana). Not really the sound you'd hear from drawing it in combat, more of a ceremonial inspection or a slow, intimidating brandish.
Recorded with a Canon GL-2 internal microphone.
Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
0:46.875
File size
4.3 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
12 years, 8 months ago
This is unreal, thankyou so much for posting this!
17 years, 1 month ago
2 years and a few weeks later......
The background hum in this recording was part of the reason I didn't find this sound effect useful. I hope you have a better microphone now. :)
19 years, 1 month ago
That's very true. However, my katana is a modern ornamental piece with a metal sheath, so this is the sound it makes when it's drawn.
However, a good friend of mine owns a more authentic daishō that he got in Japan, complete with wooden saya. I could try to record the katana and wakizashi from that, but as you said it doesn't really make much sound at all. :)
19 years, 1 month ago
Sorry, but you wouldn't get that sound at all from a katana being drawn from the saya. A saya is made of wood, so there would be no metallic scraping noises at all. In reality both the draw and resheathing of the sword are near silent. Find a dojo where they practice Iaido and you'll hear what i mean. The only sound produced by the sword during kata comes from cutting.
