# Could a samurai sword slice through a small Tree? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-samurai-sword-slice-through-a-small-tree/190129 "2003-07-22T12:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-samurai-sword-slice-through-a-small-tree/190129/21 "2010-12-17T04:18:44Z")
Actual tree or zombie tree? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-samurai-sword-slice-through-a-small-tree/190129/22 "2010-12-17T04:25:47Z")
A “Ginsu” could. “But wait! There’s MORE!” 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-samurai-sword-slice-through-a-small-tree/190129/23 "2010-12-17T04:25:49Z")
> **[Katanas Are Just Better - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KatanasAreJustBetter)** > > Rule of Cool says swords are cooler than guns and tends to also hold the Japanese katana to be the coolest of all swords. Japanese media often lionize the katana, and Westerners with a Foreign Culture Fetish or belief in Exotic Weapon Supremacy … obligatory link. Short answer: no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-samurai-sword-slice-through-a-small-tree/190129.md?page=1)