Japanese Wakizashi
Posted in Swords on 02/21/2010 07:23 pm by Blade Runner
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hand forged clay temper sword practical cut bamboo samurai wakizashi katana 931 |  |
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fully handmade japanese wakizashi damascus katana folded steel sharp sword 303 | |
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406 Razor Sharp Battle Ready Chinese Han Sword Jian | |
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Battle Ready Dragon Spirit Rose Wood Chinese Sword Jian | |
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Razor Sharp Japanese Sword Vortex Tsuba 1932 | |
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Chinese Hand Forged Tai Chi Sword Flexible Blade | |
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374 Hand Forged Movie Hero Jet Li Sword Wu Ming Jian | |
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394 Black Bat Chinese Tai Chi Sword Concave Blade | |
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406 Handmade Japanese Musashi Folded Spring Steel Katana Full Tang Razor Sharp | |
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Japanese fully handmade sword samurai katana practical warrior carbon steel 662 | |
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Vintage Japanese Dagger Sword Wakizashi Blade Signed Fish Saya | |
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US $151.00 | 2h 27m |
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Vintage Japanese Military Dagger Katana Sword Wakizashi Blade | |
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US $153.00 | 2h 38m |
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handforged forged clay tempered japanese wakizashi swordsanmai blade razor sharp | |
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battle ready clay tempered wakizashi sword fully polished blade hualee wood saya | |
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High Quality Japanese Samurai Sword Set KatanaWakizashi | |
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US $398.00 | 3h 49m |
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100HANDMADE JAPANESE WAKIZASHI HIGH QUALITY FOLDED STEEL SWORD RAZOR SHARP 250 | |
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US $115.00 | 4h 52m |
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3 piece Japanese Empire sword set | |
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T 1000 FOLDED STEEL NINJA WITH A TITANIUM COATING SWORD | |
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US $138.00 | 5h 49m |
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B9555 FULLY HANDMADE JAPANESE SWORD WAKIZASHI PREMIUM HIGH CARBON STEEL SIGNED | |
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US $312.35 | 6h 53m |
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B9557 FULLY HANDMADE JAPANESE SWORD WAKIZASHI PREMIUM HIGH CARBON STEEL SIGNED | |
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US $312.35 | 6h 53m |
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100HandMade Japanese WAKIZASHI Red Folded Steel SWORD | |
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US $93.99 | 7h 17m |
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Japanese Wakizashi | |
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Japanese handmade sword samurai katana carbon steel practical sharpened 669 | |
1 Bid | US $59.99 | 8h 35m |
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Japanese Sword Kunihiro with Koshirae NBTHK | |
11 Bids | US $1,100.00 | 10h 2m |
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Classic Japanese Samurai Sword Set w Stand AZ20 NEW | |
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US $49.99 | 15h 8m |
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which japanese swordsmith forged the best short katana or long wakizashi?
um, well, i was thinking which sword has the strongest blade. Is that samurai using wooden swords real by the way cuz wood breaks easier than metal doesn't it?
Masamune Okazaki is thought to be the best sword smith of all time - not just of Japanese blades, but the best period.
Wooden swords are called bokken (bok(u) for "wood", and ken for "sword"). They can be very effective weapons, but are not used for cutting (obviously), but for blunt force trauma. Regardless, the techniques are the same regardless of material.
Bokken are often used as 'safer' alternatives for sharp blades in practice as is another device called a shinai - a bamboo sword used mostly in kendo. The bamboo weapon is meant to sting but not cause serious harm. A Hardwood bokken can indeed case alot of damage.
As far as danger levels, a real sword can cut, but it probably would not cut through a bokken and would more likely get lodged into the bokken and then broken. Musashi Miyamoto is rumored to have stopped using real blades, switching to bokken exclusively because he apparently was of the opinion that bokken were more dangerous than a live blade. At the time, duels were not always to the death and sometimes duelists would use live blades or wood depending on what was at stake. Musashi would enter duels with bokken regardless if his opponent was using bokken or live blades.
Seeing as how Musashi is considered the greatest swordsman to ever have lived, I don't question his thoughts (assuming its not just rumor or some kind of revisionist history but really was his opinion)