DanielGJ Posted May 3, 2018 Report Posted May 3, 2018 Greetings, could you help me to classify a showato with nagasa of 58'8 cm would be considered a katana, an Owakizashi or a Kodachi? Thank you . Daniel Quote
Augusto Motolo Posted May 4, 2018 Report Posted May 4, 2018 in WWII the army buy many washizaki from private and use it for make military Gunto, the minimun lengt for the acceptance a private blade was 54,5 cm with a value not superior at 6 time a rinji seishiki blade Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted May 4, 2018 Report Posted May 4, 2018 Agree with both: From The Japanese Sword Index - * Japanese Unit Conversions ** 1 shaku = 11.93 inches (30.30 cm) 1 shaku = 10 sun 1 sun = 1.193 inches (3.03 cm) 1 sun = 10 bu 1 bu = 0.119 inches (0.303 cm) 1 bu = 10 rin 1 rin = 0.01193 inches (0.0303 cm) Note: 1 shaku is commonly approximated to be 12 inches (1 foot) SWORD BLADES CLASSIFIED BY LENGTH Daito ( katana, uchi-katana, tachi, no-dachi ) - nagasa over 2 shaku Shoto ( wakizashi, chisa-katana ) - nagasa between 1 and 2 shaku Tanto - nagasa under 1 shaku So, a waki is in the range of 30.3 - 60.6 cm Quote
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