for self-defense and also as a means to settling one-on-one duels, sword fighting was once a common and necessary martial art skill in many countries like Japan, Italy, and more. Now, with the proliferation of firearms, sword usage has been relegated to a popular...
Takohiki (Sashimi) Square shape, longer blade of Sashimi Knife, designed for same purpose as Yanagiba. Not for slicing "Tako" (Octopus) but for making Sashimi. The edge line is almost straight, while Yanagiba knife's blade edge line is more curved towards the blade tip. The Takohiki was...
for self-defense and also as a means to settling one-on-one duels, sword fighting was once a common and necessary martial art skill in many countries like Japan, Italy, and more. Now, with the proliferation of firearms, sword usage has been relegated to a popular...
Thespear-pointblade is symmetrical in that is is curved the same on either side of the spine which runs down the center. They can be sharp on both edges or only on a single edge which is common for penknives. Typically you will find spear-point blades on daggers and other knives design...
To isn't sword in Japanese. So, more accurate translation would be Cow Blade. Hakata Bocho ( 博多包丁) - A regional variation of the Bunka Bocho or home cooking knife with a triangular nose and curved spine. Hakata is located on the southern island of Kyushu, where this knife style was...
Much of his work uses "shakudo," a copper-gold alloy, or "shubuichi," a copper-silver alloy, skillfully combined with curved geometric patterns. Denbei left behind many bold tsuba with outstanding designs. Shonai tsuba Shonai was a castle town of 140,000 koku (approx. 25,000 cubic ...
After all the katana was part of the equipment of every samurai in ancient and feudal Japan. This sword is characterized by a slightly curved, single-edged blade. In contrast to the European arming sword, the grip of the katana is long enough to accommodate two hands. The hands of the wa...
The Thracian gladiators used curved short swords called sicas and a small shield called a parma which was held in the fist and used to deflect attacks. The Samnite gladiator was the most heavily armored gladiator. The Murmillo gladiator was lighter armored and carried a sword and a scutum. Al...
(八岐遠呂智 or 八岐大虵).Susano-otricks the eight-headed eight-tailed serpent into drinking sake and then kills it as it lies in a stupor. In one of the serpent's tails,Susano-ofinds a sword, which has since become one of Shinto'sthree imperial regalia(mirror, sword, curved jewel)...
sheltered; (3) number of morphological types of setae; (4) number of setae in the fascicles; (5) general morphology—capillary and straight or curved and spiny or as blade-shaped sword; (6) cross section of the setae; (7) arrangement of spines; (8) morphology of distal end; (9) ...