Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20161215125344/@comment-4912646-20161217000618

UltimaDude wrote: Falling on some rocks and getting pierced by a sword are two different things. Falling off a cliff mostly involves blunt force, while getting stabbed by a sword involves sharp force Sage Mode Naruto also blocked (and in the process shattered) one of Pain's bladed weapons with a palm strike at one point, so it seems to work against sharp objects as well. Though we don't really know how the rod's durability and sharpness compare to Sasuke's sword, since the former seems to have special properties and the latter is usually enhanced by Chidori whenever we see it clash with anything.