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Would anybody be able to tell me the meaning of "Nihonto"?

In this content "Japanese Sword - Nihonto"? Is this some kind of
design or shape of a sword or is this the Sword smiths Name? Sorry,
am a bit clueless. Any help would be great!

--- zevlord <LordZev@...> wrote:

> Would anybody be able to tell me the meaning of
> "Nihonto"?
>
> In this content "Japanese Sword - Nihonto"? Is this
> some kind of
> design or shape of a sword or is this the Sword
> smiths Name? Sorry,
> am a bit clueless. Any help would be great!

"Nihon-to" (���{��) means "Japanese sword". "Nihon"
(���{�j= Japan and "to"�@(���j= sword. �@As far as I
know, it's used to describe all Japanese swords, be
they katana, wakizashi, tachi, or no-dachi.



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On Jun 29, 2004, at 9:59 PM, zevlord wrote:

> Would anybody be able to tell me the meaning of "Nihonto"?
>

Zev et al-
Nihon-to is simply Japanese Sword. Like Bourbon a certain recipe must
be used to qualify for the term; Tamahagane as base material, forge
folded (in Japan), differential heat treatment using clay as
refractory...
Not really used to describe a particular shape but sometimes used when
pointing out the difference between say straight bladed Chinese swords
(Choku-to) and curved Japanese blades (wan-to). If one wants to be
specific about shape though wan-to or any of dozens of other terms
would be used.
-t