Korehira Watanabe explains how he got into sword making, and how his passion has evolved in this very well shot short film.  2:01, geek-out on the Ō-kissaki, the Mokume Hada and Sogu Hamon.

via Handmade Portraits: The Sword Maker on Vimeo.

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The juggernaut that is GoPro just dropped a massive product explosion on the market with it’s Hero2 cam. 11 Megapixels from 5.  2 times clearer lense.  More intuitive lcd screen are the biggest improvements.   FYI, if you wanna film underwater, you have to buy an aftermarket non OE flat lense housing or the image is essentially poor quality, or exactly like what you see if you swim without a dive mask – dissapointing footage of blurry sea turtles and dolphins on a recent trip to Hawaii’s big Island with the stock housing.  The new wifi bacpack allows remote operation through a wifi network and a mobile device or laptop, as well as live streaming to the web or harddrive.  You can do this with up to 50 cameras.  Other features include an easier to understand LCD screen and more led lights indicating on off, more choices with field of view and frames per second, and for time lapse 1/.5 sec shots as well as the choices from the previous model.  GoPro HD Hero2 Helmet Cam.

Comparison Chart Showing all the new features GOPRO