Waisted? What does this mean?

[sencho]

On Nihonto.us there is Higo Koshirae with this description:

 

"Tsuka: Waisted Hon Zogan Fuchi-Kashira"

 

http://www.nihonto.us/higo%20koshirae.htm

 

The term waisted (apart from describing me or Milt after too much Sochu!), what does it mean?

 

Cheers

[Brian]

Waisted basically means it has a waist...ie it tapers inwards and then outwards as is so common on Higo fittings.

Not as prominent on those fittings in the link..here is a clear example of waisted: (Yes...I guess the meaning is meant to involk images of the waist on a nice slim model)

 

Brian