I practice Okinawan karate but respect all legitimate martial arts. Years ago my sensei, a Korean War marine vet showed me one of his prized possessions, a 16th Century wakizashi. It was actually a composite sword. I call it a 16th Century sword because the blade was from then. The tsuba and handguard may have been from a century later but no more than that. All the parts of the sword were obviously from the hands of masters of their particular field. He took it apart for me and if I remember correctly on the tang it had one score mark, then a space then 2 score marks close together. He explained that this meant that it was tested and cut through 2 corpses (of condemned prisoners?) in one cut. I couldn't take my eyes off of the sword.
Nice job. I liked the style of the one closer to the camera a bit better but I'm sure both made it.
I practice Okinawan karate but respect all legitimate martial arts. Years ago my sensei, a Korean War marine vet showed me one of his prized possessions, a 16th Century wakizashi. It was actually a composite sword. I call it a 16th Century sword because the blade was from then. The tsuba and handguard may have been from a century later but no more than that. All the parts of the sword were obviously from the hands of masters of their particular field. He took it apart for me and if I remember correctly on the tang it had one score mark, then a space then 2 score marks close together. He explained that this meant that it was tested and cut through 2 corpses (of condemned prisoners?) in one cut. I couldn't take my eyes off of the sword.
Nice samurai :-)
Judging from how fast they moved, the examination must have taken days to complete.
were you in a hurry, lad?