Goldy Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 G'day all, I noticed on the Aoi-Art site here: http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/wakizashi/08059.html the word 'Hamaguriha'. Its explained as 'clam shell shape' but what does this mean - is it similar to hiraniku? Very meaty etc? Thanks for any help, searches proved useless so far. Not intersted in purchasing the blade, just learning the terminology. Cheers, Quote
Brian Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 Don't know the answer for sure, but if you separate it into hamaguri and 'ha'..hamaguri is a clam and ha is of course the cutting edge. So that would tell me that the ha is clam shell shaped, and I would assume does mean it has niku. Brian Quote
Nobody Posted August 28, 2008 Report Posted August 28, 2008 Hamaguri-ba (蛤刃) means a convex blade. The cross section of the blade looks like a profile of a clam (= Hamaguri) shell. Quote
Goldy Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Posted August 28, 2008 Thanks Brian and Koichi-san, The picture says it all, thanks for that, another one for the library. I'm eternally amazed at nihonto descriptions and their relationships to nature, I reckon its great! Cheers, Quote
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