Went to Nakano to get in some final cutting practice before the demo on Saturday. Instead of using my cutter I used my old (400+ years) koto blade that I use daily for practice. DAMN that thing can cut! I guess that makes sense, as that's what it was made for and in it's time it's done some real cutting (battlefield, people.)
The shape is so different (way more curve) than my cutter (practically straight) that I just can't draw my cutter effectively anymore. Will probably order a cutter smithed to my specifications to be as close as possible to my old blade, and then retire the old blade from cutting by giving it a nice polish and some beautiful fittings.
After practice Otsuka-san and Kiyokawa-kun and I went to Kosaka (Niina-gosoke's hangout in Koenji) for some brilliant and cheap food. Stayed late talking smack and getting ourselves all worked up about the future of iai.
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