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2. Japanese sword mountings - Wikipedia

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   A sageo (下緒 or 下げ緒) is a hanging cord made of silk, cotton or leather that is passed through the hole in the kurigata (栗形) of a Japanese sword's saya. There are a number of different methods for wrapping and tying the sageo on the saya for display purposes. Other uses for the sageo are tying the sword to the samurai and hojojutsu ...

3. Mounted archery - Wikipedia

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   Wall fragment from a Chinese tomb, with an incised relief decoration showing a hunting scene with mounted archery, Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome. Traditionally, mathematics, calligraphy, literature, equestrianism, archery, music, and rites were known as the Six Arts. [60]

4. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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   This sword is used by Llenlleawg Wyddel to kill Diwrnach Wyddel and his men. Ceard-nan Gallan, the Smith of the Branches, sword of Oisín. Claíomh Solais (Sword of Light), the sword of Nuada Airgeadlámh. The sword glowed with the light of the sun and was irresistible in battle, having the power to cut his enemies in half.

5. Japanese swordsmithing - Wikipedia

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   Furthermore, cheap swords designed as wall-hanging or sword rack decorations often also have a "rat-tail" tang, which is a thin, usually threaded bolt of metal welded onto the blade at the hilt area. These are a major weak point and often break at the weld, resulting in a dangerous and unreliable sword.

6. Mughal weapons - Wikipedia

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   On horseback they were worn on a belt hanging over the shoulder. Otherwise a man carried his sword by three straps hanging from a waist-belt. Prince Dara Shikoh's sword and scabbard (number 8), at the V&A Museum in London. Types of blades: Talwar was the principle blade of the Mughal infantry. By the 18th century it would later be carried by Sepoy.

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