Just Bought A New Sword!
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Phnom_Penh
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Sticky Mick said:Depends who you mean. The wielder or the victim
I think the Tachi was the two handed sword, as opposed to the single handed Katana, which were sometimes wielded in pairs.
Normally the length of the hilt can determin the difference between the two.
(If my memory serves me right. From when I did my studies a few years ago)
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Tanto's are usually used in pairs (Kinda like Sai). Daito sometimes come in pairs, the katana would be pared with a smaller blade, about the size of a tanto, but katana's are double handed swords (although there are single hand styles, but they aren't common). Tachi were also double handed. The main difference between the two being that Tachi's have longer blades than Katana's, which is the main way to distinguish between them.
As for the wielder, if the swords suspended from the wearer's belt or obi by cord (and obviously with the blade pointing downwards), it's a tachi, if it's through the obi with the blade edge pointing upwards, it's katana.
Sticky Mick
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Thought I'd get it a bit wrong, hence my "memory clause".
Thanks for putting it right Phnom_Penh
, I'll have to read up on it again.
I have a friend who runs The Oriental Arts Centre in Norwich here in the UK. He's got quite a nice display of samurai equipment, and his brother makes 1/4 scale armour and weapons. One day he gave me a huge 1metre square picture of the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto.
Any of you guys in the US visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington?
I believe they have quite a large display from the Daimyo Period.
I have got a couple of samurai figurines that I built and painted. Maybe I'll put a couple of pics up.
Thanks for putting it right Phnom_Penh
, I'll have to read up on it again.I have a friend who runs The Oriental Arts Centre in Norwich here in the UK. He's got quite a nice display of samurai equipment, and his brother makes 1/4 scale armour and weapons. One day he gave me a huge 1metre square picture of the Golden Pavillion in Kyoto.
Any of you guys in the US visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington?
I believe they have quite a large display from the Daimyo Period.
I have got a couple of samurai figurines that I built and painted. Maybe I'll put a couple of pics up
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Sticky Mick
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Don't mean to hi-jack your thread Spiritd, but here's the pics:
This was the first one I built. Made from white metal and painted in enamels and acrylic. Took 3 days to paint, sometimes working into the small hours. It doesn't depict anyone in particular, but the mon is that of the Hosokawa.
This next figurine really tested my nerves and patience. White metal and painted with enamels and acrylic. This one took 3 weeks to build in total. Again no-one in particular, but the helmet ornament maedate is that of Masamune.
Bearing in mind that at the time I made these I was suffering badly from depression.
This was the first one I built. Made from white metal and painted in enamels and acrylic. Took 3 days to paint, sometimes working into the small hours. It doesn't depict anyone in particular, but the mon is that of the Hosokawa.
This next figurine really tested my nerves and patience. White metal and painted with enamels and acrylic. This one took 3 weeks to build in total. Again no-one in particular, but the helmet ornament maedate is that of Masamune.
Bearing in mind that at the time I made these I was suffering badly from depression.
