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Goldy

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Goldy

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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,

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Brian

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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

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