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Post by legacyofthesword on Nov 29, 2017 21:27:14 GMT
What's the oddest, most unusual Japanese sword you've ever seen? Post a picture! The Rules: (1) Must be an actual sword from history (no anime or modern fantasy). (2) Must be an actual sword. Obviously the definition of what a sword is can be a little broad, but in general they have certain traits: longish blade, handle usually shorter than the blade, etc.. Let's not post naginata and the like (odachi are fine though). Right now the oddest one I've seen is the Seven-Branched Sword:
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Nov 29, 2017 21:40:24 GMT
O-O-O-O-Odachi!
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Nov 29, 2017 21:47:35 GMT
Does the Seven-Branched Sword count as Japanese? It's a gift from one of the Korean kingdoms.
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Post by legacyofthesword on Nov 29, 2017 21:49:19 GMT
Yep, that's big. Here's a few more in the same class: Although really, the size is the only thing that makes these unusual... Other than that, they're exactly the same as any other run of the mill nihonto.
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Post by legacyofthesword on Nov 29, 2017 21:51:23 GMT
Does the Seven-Branched Sword count as Japanese? It's a gift from one of the Korean kingdoms. Hmm, I suppose I should have specified that... I suppose country of origin doesn't matter so much, as long as the sword is considered a part of Japanese culture.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Nov 29, 2017 22:03:00 GMT
Does this count as modern interpretation of a Chokuto? Discontinued, so "history".
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Post by randomnobody on Nov 30, 2017 0:35:05 GMT
Does this count as modern interpretation of a Chokuto? Discontinued, so "history". Bit of a stretch, but I laughed. Can't think of anything terribly unusual off hand. Wildest things I can think of are all yari, and those don't count...
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Post by treeslicer on Nov 30, 2017 1:46:13 GMT
"Kusanagi", the Imperial Japaneses Sacred Sword (known only from repute and descriptions), which if it appears anything like it's been said that it does, and ignoring the legend that it was pulled out of the tail of a drunken dragon, suggests that somebody who'd marched under the eagles might have had a hand in introducing cutlery to Japan. The "Three Sacred Treasures"
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Nov 30, 2017 2:04:46 GMT
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Post by NihontoEurope on Dec 1, 2017 10:56:42 GMT
Hello!
Unusual, like the only known example, from Senjuin Yukinobu family:
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 2, 2017 0:44:24 GMT
"Kusanagi", the Imperial Japaneses Sacred Sword (known only from repute and descriptions), which if it appears anything like it's been said that it does, and ignoring the legend that it was pulled out of the tail of a drunken dragon, suggests that somebody who'd marched under the eagles might have had a hand in introducing cutlery to Japan. The "Three Sacred Treasures" I've always really liked it. Windlass makes a replica now, thought about buying it a few times. www.atlantacutlery.com/kusanagi-sword
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Post by ambulocetus on Jan 5, 2018 5:12:05 GMT
The most unusual Nihonto I've seen up close was a NanbokuchōTo in shirasaya with a big ō-kissaki and mystical bonji all up and down both sides. The mune was a mitsu mune and the nakago had a tameshigiri inscription that said something like "this sword cut through 3 bodies at the nipple". The story the owner told was that the sword had bitten every owner at least once. I think he was trying imply that it was cursed, but I don't believe in such things. I don't remember the smith, and this was before smart phones, so no pictures, but I've seen a lot of swords and this one was memorable.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jan 7, 2018 21:36:51 GMT
It's a real thing. They have this displayed at the Ordinance Museum in Aberdeen, MD.
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