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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
10 years, 10 months ago
This is unreal, thankyou so much for posting this!
15 years, 3 months 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. :)
17 years, 4 months 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. :)
17 years, 4 months 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.