Kurogasa55
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The tsuka has enough room for me to use two hands and i am 6'3 with large hands. Not my usual size of tsuka but it is enough to fit me.
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No problem. I thought it was a nice set too. I am glad you enjoyed it.
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I agree. This has been my thoughts all along. I just wanted to see other people's opinions on the matter. If you look throughout history, everyone was much smaller. Suits of armor for Knights, Spartans, Vikings, Samurai and the like that have survived are all much smaller and most people today would not be able to fit into them. People just keep getting bigger.
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Anything is possible but i thought merchants only were permitted to carry one sword no matter what the length. It was my understanding that only the samurai were allowed to carry two swords as the symbol of the rank in society.
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This is very interesting. It never really occurred to me that a Daisho could have two wakizashi as the swords. I always just expected a katana and a wakizashi or a katana and a tanto. You find something new out everyday. Thanks for the info
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Sounds pretty good to me. It is the only true original Daisho that i have ever found so i also thought it was quite rare. A persons height did occur to me as well because it seemed small for someone of my height(6'3). The Koshirae was my biggest thing on classifying it as a katana, so that helps too. Thanks everyone for all the help! Any more comments would be greatly appreciated as well
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another pic
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this is the daisho
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Yes. The Longer sword that is 23.6 inches has a companion Wakizashi that has an 18 inch blade. So that is what makes me think it was worn as a katana, but not everyone seems to classify it as such. Both swords have matching fittings.
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So according to this my swords could either be considered a very large Wakizashi or a small Katana? The classification changing all the time makes it quite confusing.
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That is very interesting. It makes a lot of sense though. The one sword that i have is 23.6 inches but it is also mounted with a wakizashi with it. The Daisho matches perfectly and it was brought back from the WW2 that way. So the Samurai carrying it must of practically viewed it as a katana as well. The tsuka is long enough to be wielded two handed so this must be what it had been used as
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How much did the length change? They did seem a little short for Katana but a little long for Wakizashi. If they are long wakisazhi's than what is the minimum length for a katana?
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I am still relatively new to the Nihonto collecting world so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I have two swords that have a cutting edge of exactly 23.6 inches in length. I have heard that there was a time in Japanese history where the katana had a standard length of 23.6 inches and was later increased to 27 or 28 inches. Is this right? Others have told me that they are wakizashi's but i did not think wakizashi's were that long. Any help would be appreciated
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I am relatively new to the sword and fitting collecting world but i have been doing Iaido,Kenjutsu, and Kendo for the last 8 years or so. I have quite a few swords and fittings that i find to be quite nice and every other sword nut that i have met has thought so as well
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Thanks for your reply. I have wondered about that for a long time and it just seemed a bit strange to me.
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I have seen quite a few swords that have a tsuka that seems a little too long for the nakago of the sword. On the swords that i have seen regarding this the nakago goes maybe halfway down into the tsuka. Is this normal? It does not seem very practical to me to have a nakago only halfway down into the tsuka. If a samurai was fighting it would make it seem to me that the tsuka would crack/break during combat. My thoughts are that maybe the Tsuka was put on the sword later and was not made for it? Any thoughts?
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I bought this sword on Evilbay a little while back and it came with papers. Is anyone able to translate some of what it says? any help will be greatly appreciated. The papers are on the bottom of the page http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Koto-Japane ... 2a097e446f
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I could not agree more. I think the history of the sword is just as important as the art portion of it
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Wakizashi in Military Mounts - information requested
Kurogasa55 replied to Hachiman's topic in Nihonto
A fellow collector that i know has a katana that was mounted with edo period koshirae but also adapted for the war with a leather casing for the saya. The blade was signed but i cannot remember who made it at this point but i do remember that the blade was made in 1215. -
Very well said. I can honestly say that i think i am both. I started off as a pure accumulator trying to get my hands on any kind of Japanese swords(7 year collector so far) but as time went on i became more cautious in what i was buying. I currently have a few swords that i am proud of and a few mistakes i made early on but i am happy in everything i did because it was a good way for me to learn about collecting. I would not classify myself as one or the other though. i just love Nihonto
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Very interesting.
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So this stamp means that the sword was made in Gifu? i have a sword with this stamp on it signed Hiromitsu January 1945, so it would be interesting to know where this guy was located
