Japanese swords
There are many types of Japanese swords in the world. Lets take a look at a few of them. Also be sure to use the navigation at the top to browse through different types of swords.
- The katana sword
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The katana sword is of course from Japanese origin It is famous because it was used by the samurai class of Japan
- The tanto sword
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The Japanese tanto sword is another amazing weapon used by the samurai class. it is a much smaller sword than the katana, more resembling of a knife. but it is equally as useful and great to look at.
- The wakizashi sword
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The wakizashi sword is somewhere in between the last two. It is of medium length, and has a unique scabbard. A very historic and interesting piece of culture
Chinese Swords
It's important to note the difference between Chinese swords and Japanese swords they are of course 2 different cultures, with different styles of martial arts, and of course different weapons used in their respective disciplines.
- Dao swords
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The Chinese Dao sword is a very great figure in Chinese history.It is quite small like a tanto, but has a curved blade. It looks sort of like a machete or something.
- The Hook Sword
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It's very common to see Chinese hook swords in tv and movies. They are the long brutal seeming beasts, that really in reality look more like axes! they are extremely heavy duty and not to be messed around with, thats for sure...
- The butter fly sword
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It is a rare site to lay your eyes upon a Chinese butter fly sword They are a splendid site however. They resemble sabers, with the characteristic hand-guard, but they do not have the classic curvved blade as many other examples. They are straight blades, short in length, with a curved hand-guard.