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Wariha-gitae / wariba-gitea (割刃鍛え)
Japanese term for a sword construction with an inserted edge made of higher carbon steel.
Hyoshigi-gitae (拍子木鍛え)
Japanese term for a sword construction with an edge made of higher carbon steel.
Maru-gitae (丸鍛え)
Japanese word for a basic blade construction consisting of one type of steel.
Shin jūgomai kōbuse-gitae (真十五枚甲伏鍛え)
Japanese sword construction that is was found inscribed on some tangs.
Kōbuse-gitae (甲伏せ鍛え)
Japanese word for a sword construction with high carbon steel outer jacket around a softer core.
Kanetuhu / Etuhu
Ainu words for the point of a knife or sword.
Notak
Ainu word for the edge of a sharp tool like a knife.
Mekkashike
Ainu word for the back of a knife, or sword. Also the ridge of a mountain or house.
Makiri-saya
Ainu word for the scabbard of a utility knife called makiri.
Makiri-nip
Ainu word for a knife handle.
Ibehe
Ibehe is an Ainu word for a knife or sword blade.
Nioi (匂)
Japanese word for fine martensite crystals in the blade's temperline.
Nie (沸)
Japanese word for martensite crystals that form in blade under certain conditions.
Yoki Wazamono / Ryō-wazamono (良業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the third highest rated cutting ability.
Ō Wazamono (大業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the second highest rated cutting ability.
Saijō Ō Wazamono (最上大業物)
Japanese term for a sword with the highest rated cutting ability.
Wazamono (業物)
Japanese term for a sword that is tested to cut well.
Tametsugu (為継)
A Japanese swordsmith in the Shōshū tradition.
Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae
Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.
Itomaki no tachi (糸巻太刀)
Japanese term for a type of tachi koshirae.
Koshirae (拵)
Japanese term for the mountings of an edged weapon.
Makiri-ibe
Ainu word for knife blade.
Ainu sword with sash
With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.
Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe
A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.
Unusual Ainu knife
Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.
Ainu knife
Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.
Bark wrapped Ainu makiri
A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.
Fine Ainu makiri
An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.
Knives and swords of the Ainu
19th-century ethnographers noticed that they had no iron production and relied solely on trade for articles like knives and swords. However, archaeologists found iron working facilities in 1988 and 1990.
Kuttom-ushbe
Ainu word for a long knife worn in the belt.
Emushi
Ainu word for sword
Makiri
Ainu word for a knife.
NBTHK Japanese sword papers
An introduction to NBTHK Japanese sword certifications and rankings.
Winged dragon tsuba
A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.
Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
Kunikiyo (國清)
A line of Japanese swordsmiths working in Echizen.
Fine Kinai dragon tsuba
Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.
Bizen Sukesada
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Yosōzaemon jo Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定)
A Japanese swordsmith from Osafune, Bizen, who lived from 1466-1542.
Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523
With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.
Jūmonji yari (hozon)
A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.
Yari (槍)
Japanese word for spear or spearhead
Kusabi-hi (楔樋)
Japanese term for an irregular hamon sometimes found on spearheads
Yajirigata yari (鏃形槍)
Japanese for arrowhead-shaped spearhead
Yari with kusabi-hi
Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
Handachi mounted wakizashi
With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.
Golden kabuto with iron menpo
A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.
Uchigatana (打刀)
Japanese word for a single-handed curved sword, the predecessor of the katana.
Signed nanban style ship tsuba
Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.
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