Samurai Sword Slices Egg in Slow Motion Using High Speed Camera
God, how I love the Phantom camera. Who knew such mundane things would look so amazingly awesome when filmed with high speed film and then played back in slow motion.
Now, Nobby Tech, a Japanese company that sells the very expensive camera, has decided to make their own videos to showcase what the thing can do. Even better, those videos involve samurai swords.
Egg + Samurai Sword
Two More Videos After the Jump
Green Tea In Plastic Bottle + Samurai Sword
Tomato + Samurai Sword
Samurai swords must be so useful for cooking!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:14 am
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March 30th, 2007 at 8:03 am
I can just imagine a tomato running toward a samurai in a field, and then stopping, not even knowing he’s been cut until he splits in two :p
March 30th, 2007 at 10:49 am
This is very impressive.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Poor little tomatER
March 30th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Excellent form!
March 30th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
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March 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
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March 30th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Eggs do not strike back.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
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March 30th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
What Hiro from HEROES does in his spare time in the future…practice playing with slow-mo and his cherished sword.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Whoa. That… is… cool. Especially love the one of the egg. I’m starting to believe all those depictions of samurai violence in films and comic books.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:06 am
If only John Belushi were still with us…
March 31st, 2007 at 5:44 am
I would like to see this with puppies…
March 31st, 2007 at 7:44 am
eggs dont hit back
March 31st, 2007 at 7:48 am
bust out the bacon and lettuce and lets have some samurai BLT sandwiches.
March 31st, 2007 at 8:09 am
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March 31st, 2007 at 8:58 am
Where’s the ‘George Bush’s head ans Samurai sword’ video ?
March 31st, 2007 at 11:26 am
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March 31st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
if a warrior practices like this for too long does he get a splitting headache?
April 1st, 2007 at 4:14 am
This is your brain.
This is your brain on JAPAN.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
There is something suspiciously wrong with the egg video. Notice the smooth motion of the egg, and the choppy motion of the man in the background. If not faked, this video is at least a composite from two different cameras.
April 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
my nipples are hard after watching these…hot!
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:21 am
anonymous—you are right it does appear to be fake
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Mimi Rogers sucks!
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 am
Actually, it’s not fake. Due to the arc made while swing the sword, the sword tip travels much faster than the persons hand holding the sword. Therefore, in slo-mo, the hands look choppy while the sword tip looks to be moving very smoothly.
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:38 am
Jeez, does photographic oddity on the internet have some amateur sleuth going on about how it has to be fake? This technology has been around since the early eighties (remember the cover to that Golden Earring album?). Why on earth would a company that makes high speed cameras bother to fake something like this?
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Whatever it is, it’s just amazing :) Now I don’t know if it’s fake or real thing, but I loved the slow motion effect and the way tomato was sliced in two while the upper portion seems to have no knowledge about what’s happening beneath it.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Chop, chop a little mayo and boom egg salad sandwich
April 4th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
It’s amazing what a sword can do with the right sword holder! - Also in mind “have” we forgett our history:
“There is but one way to know the truth, and that is not a golden one.
It is fraught with toil and sacrifice and perhaps ridicule. The seeker
of the truth must be fearless, he/she must not be afraid to enter the
innermost holies of holies, and to tear down the veils of superstition
that hang about any human and so-called divine institution. It is the
truth that makes men & woman free. If the truth tears down every church and
government under the sun, let the truth be known and this truth only
will be known when men cease to swallow the capsules of ancient
doctors of divinities and politics; and when men begin to seek the
truth in the records of history, politics, religion, and science.”
Charles Austin Beard, 1898
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April 7th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
probably the most elegant weapon in human history
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April 10th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I agree it is really weird how the man is so choppy. Any explanation for this?
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:31 am
Video Girls…
Some portions of this article sounds interesting. May be you have some links where I could read more about this topic?…
April 24th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
there all soft things….lol
May 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Once the egg has been sliced, there are no more forces acting on the egg, except gravity and air resistance, so its motion will be smooth, in contrast to the swordsperson, whose body is still adjusting the the katana’s momentum.
June 16th, 2007 at 10:31 am
ur all freaks go do something with ur lives instead of leaving nerdy comments on sites, geez!
June 19th, 2007 at 12:54 am
You people are ridiculous with these comments. You obviously have no idea about these swords and absolutely no RESPECT for the Samuri, the art of the sword, what goes into making a true Samuri sword and Bushido.
October 16th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Samurai swords are called Katanas.
January 24th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
What the hell is a Samurai and what do they taste like? was there one in the egg? i dont get it
January 27th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I love these videos - I was inspired by them to make my own.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:07 am
Check it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XZqMpk2Xww
cheers
Terry
February 1st, 2008 at 3:08 am
Wow! what a nice demonstration of the power of the Sword.
March 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I have’nt seen cuts like these since my job!
April 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am
quote”eggs donot strike back”..bruce lee
..i dont think you would strike back after being sliced in half either rofl :)
June 11th, 2008 at 10:23 am
quote:’DMack says:
I can just imagine a tomato running toward a samurai in a field, and then stopping, not even knowing he’s been cut until he splits in two :p”"
lol and then hes like awwww crap here comes the bread…rofl
June 11th, 2008 at 10:32 am
qoute:”"”There is something suspiciously wrong with the egg video. Notice the smooth motion of the egg, and the choppy motion of the man in the background. If not faked, this video is at least a composite from two different cameras.”"
well suh the back round looks real and the egg looks photo shoped as well as the thing its on the other vids are fine tho explain that…XD
June 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am
quote: “”susan says:
my nipples are hard after watching these…hot!”"
so you wana get chopped halkf your sick..and for all we know your lard bag… rofl
June 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am
quote:”matt says: “there all soft things….lol”"
ya why couldnt they chop a cocanut lol…or a steel pipe?????
June 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am
quote:”"who r u ppl? says:
ur all freaks go do something with ur lives instead of leaving nerdy comments on sites, geez!”"
if you think thses guys are freeks check thses guys out susan…and elde…man that dude looks like a chick and i defintitely didnt want o se that cant they have a filter for thatstuff??? gees
June 11th, 2008 at 10:42 am
That was so much fun.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:21 am