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15 Oct Ancient Sword Tsuba(Picture Appreciation)
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12 Oct Can swords cut each other?
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The sword of the cold weapon era is very delicate. A well-trained warrior is unwilling to strike his sword blade against his opponent's weapons. The block of Japanese Kendo is to use the back of the sword and try to avoid any form of frontal impact u..
10 Oct Exquisite Sword Guards (Picture Appreciation)
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          These are all European style sword guards above, as for Chinese swords and Japanese katana swords, the more practical it is, the smaller the sword guard (tsuba) is. The bronze swords almost have no guard in the Spring and Aut..
27 Sep A Tanto (tantō, 短刀,
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A Tanto (tantō, 短刀, "short sword") is one of the traditionally-made Japanese weapons that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.  The tanto is a type of dagger with a length between 15 and 30 cm (6–12 inches).      During the period of..
25 Sep Which is your favorite cold weapon in popular movies?
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Action movies are an important branch of film and TV drama, attracting a large number of fans with its fierce action, strong attack. The cold weapon is used as a percussion prop, adding a lot lustre to the film. Have you noticed those cold weapons? ..
21 Sep The function of blood grooves on a sword
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1. Weight reduction: The sword was used in the battlefield in ancient. If the sword is too heavy, it is not conducive to kill the enemy flexibly.    2. Saving materials: The ancient iron-smelting technology is backward and the steel output is ext..
17 Sep Common sense about sword maintenance
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The sword is mainly composed of three parts: a blade, an outer sheath, and accessories. Most of them are made of iron, steel, copper, wood and other materials, which are easily rusty or rotten. It is like some items in our lives that requires care an..
07 Sep What is the function of the rings on broadswords?
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We often see the broadswords with rings on the blade back in the movie and TV series. Some broadswords are usually named after the number of rings. There are indeed ring-broadswords in ancient weapons, but what is the function of the rings?     ..
05 Sep What is SHINOGI-ZUKURI(鎬造り) blade shape?
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Japanese Katana features many different shapes, geometry aspects, lengths and styles, the most immediately obvious configuration is the shape of the blade. Shinogi zukuri is the most common blade shape for Japanese katana swords that provides both sp..
03 Sep Sakabato (逆刃刀, reverse-edged sword)
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The sakabatō (逆刃刀, reverse-edged sword) is a type of strange katana sword which has an upside down blade - the sharpened (edge) and unsharpened (back) sides of the blade are transposed.       The sakabatō seems to be a weapon of peace. On the..
31 Aug Types of bo-hi on samurai katana swords
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The bohi is also called the fuller or blood groove, it's purpose is to reduce the weight of a sword and produce an excellent tachi kaze (the sword wind sound) when you do training. Bo-hi blade is lighter, thus easier to balance. You can see several t..
29 Aug Bo-Hi VS. No-Hi Blade - Parts of a Japanese Katana
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What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of bo-hi or no-hi of a Japanese Katana? Do you think whether or not to have it with bo-hi?   A bo-hi (also known as a 'bohi','hi', 'fuller' or 'blood groove') is the groove in the blade located..
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