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  Katana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Positioning his sword for an easy draw implied suspicion or aggression; thus, whether he placed it on his right or left side, and whether the blade was placed curving away or towards him, was an important point of etiquette.
Towards the end of this period, swordmaking had fallen to another low, and due to the efforts of the master swordsmith Munetsugu at the turn of the 19th century, artistic merit once again returned to the craft.
This practice was originated from use of highly impure metals, stemming from the low temperature yielded in the smelting at that time and place.
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 Katana - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Positioning hissword for an easy draw implied suspicion or aggression; thus, whether he placed it on his right or left side, and whether theblade was placed curving away or towards him, was an important point of etiquette.
This practice was originated fromuse of highly impure metals, stemming from the low temperature yielded in the smelting at that time and place.
In order to counter this, and to homogenize the carbon content of the blades (giving some blades characteristic folding patterns), the folding was developed (forcomparison see pattern welding), and found to be quite effective,though labour intensive.
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 User: Revth - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is the list of articles that I contributed greatly, like starting or completely rewriting, I made so far.
These are J-Pop articles that I've worked on to start.
I'm doing some work on these lists but there are very little chance they will be completed because they are too big.
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 Katana -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Positioning his sword for an easy draw implied suspicion or aggression; thus, whether he placed it on his right or left side, and whether the blade was placed curving away or towards him, was an important point of (Rules governing socially acceptable behavior) etiquette.
Japanese swords and other edged (Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting) weapons are manufactured by an elaborate method of repeatedly heating, folding and hammering the (Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.) metal.
This practice was originated from use of highly impure metals, stemming from the low temperature yielded in the (Click link for more info and facts about smelting) smelting at that time and place.
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 Encyclopedia: Katana
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See also List of fictional swords // In mythology Hrunting, the magical sword of Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon verse) Nothung, the sword from Die_Walküre (Wagnerian mythology) The Sword of Peleus, a magic sword that makes its wielder victorious in the battle or the hunt (Greek mythology) The Sword of Michael, a flaming sword used by the archangel...
Into the 19th and 20th centuries, swords were all but abandoned in Europe as firearms took center stage, and they evolved into the ceremonial weapons carried by forces such as today's United States Marine Corps.
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 Wazamono Ranking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As there are some differences between the list of KK [Kaiho Kenjaku] and that of KKB [Kokon Kaji Biko], those differences are indicated here in detail.
Based on the book "Nihonto Wazamono Nyumon (1974)" and "Toko Taikan (1990)", the value of these wazamono blades are listed for those appeared in "Kaiho Kenjaku".
Later, complete listing of values for these smiths will be done and to help the search of smith, index of "Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths (1998)" will be listed together as these 2-volume English Meikan book is mostly well known and easy to use for Western people.
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 wiki/Katana Definition / wiki/Katana Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In order to counter this, and to homogenize the carbon Alternative meaning: Carbon (computing) Carbon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol C and atomic number 6.
See also List of fictional swords In mythology Gram (or Balmung) – The sword that Sigurd (Siegfried) used to kill the dragon Fafnir.
List of WazamonoList of Wazamono or Token no Wazamono Ichiran(刀剣の業物一覧) is a list of 228 swordsmiths of katana and other weapons released in 1805 by Yamada Asaemon in the book Kaihokenshaku(懐宝剣尺).
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 Letter L Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 List of Wazamono - RSCI, The Science Classification Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
List of Wazamono - RSCI, The Science Classification Index
List of Wazamono or Token no Wazamono Ichiran(刀剣の業物一覧) is a list of 228 swordsmiths of katana and other weapons released in 1805 by Yamada Asaemon in the book Kaihokenshaku(懐宝剣尺).
However, this list has also been used by those who sold a fake katana for a quick money.
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 IAIDO-L Archives -- December 1994 (#319)
The rankings were Saijo O Wazamono (best), O Wazamono, (2nd.
Just being named on this list was a great honor.
But very few Koto smiths were listed, probably due to the high value already given them.
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 International Classical Kendo Federation
The focus of this essay will be the Sesshu (Settsu) sumi (or jyu) Ikeda Kijinmaru Kunishige the beloved sword of Saitou Hajime and the fascinating lineage of its creator.
It appeared on the list of swords which sustained damage during the Ikedaya Raid.
The sword’s sharpness or cutting ability is graded as a wazamono.
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 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is not going to be FAQ, but questions that have been asked, of me or in the Nihontô list.
Some of the questions are interesting, and worth while, but would not be thought of by the average collector.
But his swords were not super great, other than the fact that he was considered Saijo O Wazamono.
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 Japanese Swords Over $2000
TadaKunis swords are rated Wazamono (extremely sharp), and is a Jo-Saku rated smith by Fujishiro.
The fittings are all original and of much higher quality that i typically see which leads me to believe that this is most likely a custom ordered sword for a high ranking Naval officer.
It is accompanied with a surrender tag which list the officer that surrendered this sword and his address as Tashiro Mitsuo, 1303 Kohna, Yui Mura, Ninam, Tama Gun, Tokyo.
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 AikiWeb Aikido Forums - Sword arts
In addition, a mogito or practice sword is totally different for a real sword with a real edge.
And again, there is considerable difference between a sword of average quality and a fine quality blade and a "wazamono" or blade well-known for its cutting ability.
I've found that it took over a year for the nail to grow back after my thumb got smashed with a bokken.
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 IAIDO-L Archives -- September 1999 (#327)
I guess Judan Hanshi Steve Kauffman Hanshi Judan has pulled me out of my slumbering lurk mode with his daring discussion of the Book of 5 Rings or whatever may pass for it in the absence of a definitivee historiographic, hoplological or histrionic interpretation of this particular rescension of the mss.
If so, this raises the troubling possibility that perhaps deconstructionism is not really the route to go in this area (Unka Meik knows I can deconstruct with the best of them, but to use his words, the result is "bleak, barren and depressing").
I think Karl, Meik, Diane, and Deborah have all argued this quite articulately both on the list and in print in their treatments of koryu arts.
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 Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Katana?
But I'm not prepared to waste my time making a huge list of books that don't mention this "cutting up criminals" thing when it would be just as easy for someone to do a search on books about Japanese culture or weapons.
Japanese swords have long been noted for their sharpness (wazamono) and cutting ability.
In olden times this was judged by testing the cutting ability of the sword on bodies of condemned criminals.
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 E-Budo.com - Blocking with katana
With aluminum being softer and more flexible; the number of fractures is low but the failures are self evident to people experienced in metals.
By the way, the term wazamono was popularized in the book Kaiho kenjaku (1815) by Yamada Asaemon Yoshichika who personally rated the cutting ability of swords produced by about 180 smiths.
The essays collected in Nihonto wazamono nyumon are not concerned with those traditional rating, but attempt to summarize the state of modern (ca.
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 Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Katana?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was done so because materials in Japan were of low quality, that's all.
They used a more complex method of metalcraft to make blades that were, generally speaking, just as strong or slightly WEAKER than European blades.
I didn't say that Eurpoean swords were cleavers, I said that often you would find them not refined to the edge that a katana was.
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 TribalWar Forums - Just got my new sword and sais. [PIC]
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05-17-2004, 01:24 AM Rating as in sharpness rating (Saijo O-wazamono, O-wazamono, Ryo-wazamono or Wazamono).
If you got it from ebay, and you didn't pay more than $200 for it, it's more than likley a Wazamono.
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