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Old 11-28-2019, 07:31 AM   #11
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Default Re: Swords of Asia (c. 1200-1500 AD)

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And perhaps a Phillipino kalis, balisiong, kampilan, panabas.
That goes in the display of "Knives beginning with the letter K" that I would put up to see how many people got the joke.

Ka-bar, kalis, katar, kerambit, kindjhal, kris, kukri.....
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Old 11-28-2019, 03:22 PM   #12
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Tradition dictates the smith's mark should be worn facing out, and cavalry and infantry usually wear swords on opposite sides.
The biomechanics don't work that way. Nor do any pieces of Japanese art I've ever seen show a tachi, gatana, or katana on the right hip. Always on the left. Some did wear a tanto or wakizashi (or other similar daitō) on the right, making it easier to draw for two weapon use in the Ni Ten style.

Physiologically, it's hard to draw much more than 12" of blade with the same side hand, and japanese swordsmanship is always shown as a right-handed tradition.

The Katana tends to hide the maker's mark on the tang.
Tachi rigging, the blade is edge down, because edge up, one would have to tie it into the scabbard due to the overall horizontal wear.
Gatana and Katana rigging is thrust through and/or tied onto the obi (sash/belt), and hangs basically diagonally; this makes blade up/blade down less important, not the least of reasons being that the gatana rigging is able to be rotated as the user needs, unlike the tachi rigging, and the issue of the weapon falling out of the saya is not terribly important due to the diagonal wear. Blade up is the ideal for the kenjutsu/iaijutsu quickdraw techniques; the tachi draw was more horizontal and so blad dow, coupled to the pivot on the straps, made the edge down comfortable and combat-worthy.
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Old 11-28-2019, 04:44 PM   #13
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Blade up is the ideal for the kenjutsu/iaijutsu quickdraw techniques;
Unless of course you are filming the climax of Sanjuro. :)
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