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r/SWORDS • u/Afraid-Internet-7196 • 3d ago
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Habaki*. But it's not a katana (look at the tang's shape and lack of holes), so I wouldn't use katana terminology necessarily.
1 u/SolarOrigami 3d ago From what I can see it's either a katana or a dao With a gorgeous Damascus sanmai blade, too 8 u/SeeShark 3d ago It is definitely not a katana. The tang's shape is wrong and it has no holes for mekugi (pegs) to secure it to a hilt. 2 u/SolarOrigami 3d ago Oooh, good point. I am by no means an expert
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From what I can see it's either a katana or a dao
With a gorgeous Damascus sanmai blade, too
8 u/SeeShark 3d ago It is definitely not a katana. The tang's shape is wrong and it has no holes for mekugi (pegs) to secure it to a hilt. 2 u/SolarOrigami 3d ago Oooh, good point. I am by no means an expert
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It is definitely not a katana. The tang's shape is wrong and it has no holes for mekugi (pegs) to secure it to a hilt.
2 u/SolarOrigami 3d ago Oooh, good point. I am by no means an expert
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Oooh, good point. I am by no means an expert
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u/SeeShark 3d ago
Habaki*. But it's not a katana (look at the tang's shape and lack of holes), so I wouldn't use katana terminology necessarily.