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  2. Chokutō - Wikipedia

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    Japanese straight swords, 6–7th century, Kofun period, Met Museum. The chokutō (直刀, 'straight sword') is a straight, single-edged Japanese sword that was mainly produced prior to the 9th century. Its basic style is likely derived from similar swords of ancient China.

  3. Tantō - Wikipedia

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    The tantō is a single or double edged dagger with a length between 15 and 30 cm (6 and 12 in) (1 Japanese shaku). The tantō was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well.

  4. Nakiri bōchō - Wikipedia

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    Nakiri bōchō (菜切り包丁, translation: knife for cutting greens) and usuba bōchō (薄刃包丁 — lit. "thin knife") are Japanese-style vegetable knives. They differ from the deba bōchō in their shape, as they have a straight blade edge, with no or virtually no curve, suitable for cutting all the way to the cutting board without the ...

  5. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    Other types of Japanese swords include: tsurugi or ken, which is a straight double-edged sword; [19] ōdachi, tachi, which are older styles of a very long curved single-edged sword; uchigatana, a slightly shorter curved single-edged long sword; wakizashi, a medium-sized sword; and tantō, which is an even smaller knife-sized sword.

  6. Katana - Wikipedia

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    Pronounced , the kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of the kanji 刀, originally meaning single edged blade (of any length) in Chinese, the word has been adopted as a loanword by the Portuguese. [12] In Portuguese the designation (spelled catana) means "large knife" or machete. [12]

  7. Single-edged sword - Wikipedia

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    A single-edged sword is a class of swords with one cutting edge, such as: Akrafena; Alamang; Amanremu; ... (Japanese sword)

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  9. Category:Single-edged swords - Wikipedia

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    Category: Single-edged swords. ... Sorocaban knife; T. Talwar This page was last edited on 30 November 2024, at 02:02 (UTC). Text is available under the ...