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*Wakizashi - to be longer than 30cm but shorter than 60cm;
*Wakizashi - to be longer than 30cm but shorter than 60cm;
*Katana (and Tachi) - to be 60cm or longer
*Katana (and Tachi) - to be 60cm or longer
This legal classification sometimes doesn't matches with the academical one
that is more complex, impling the way in which the blade was originally
intended to be worn (Tachi or Katana) and its purpose.
An academically called Sunnobi-Tanto, because it is always a little longer
then one Shaku (30.3 cm) is legally speaking a Wakizashi.
The following layout shows the main (NOT all) "Sugata" (shape) changes of the japanese sword with period and lenght (in shaku, 1 shaku = 30.3022 cm or 11.93 inches) from right to left, first line first. Obviously an infinite number of possible mix are found, but these are
The following layout shows the main (NOT all) "Sugata" (shape) changes of the japanese sword with period and lenght (in shaku, 1 shaku = 30.3022 cm or 11.93 inches) from right to left, first line first. Obviously an infinite number of possible mix are found, but these are
the most common ones.
the most common ones.
