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Blade Style
The following is a list of the different sword body styles that might be encountered.
| KEN - RI-KEN - HO-KEN - SHINOGI-TSUKURI - HIRA-TSUKURI - SHOBU-TSUKURI - OSORAKU-TSUKURI - MOROHA-TSUKURI - NAGINATA - |
Straight body style Six plane straight sword Two plane straight sword Normal style with SHINOGI ridge Second most common - ridgeless "Iris Leaf" Ridge extends from the point - no YOKOTE Usually a short sword with YOKOTE in the middle of the blade Double-edged sword body Sword with one side beveled to the cutting-edge "Cut-edge" - Both sides beveled "Head of a Cormorant"NAGINATA-like "Lost Crown" - NAGINATA-shaped, having little meat supporting the MUNE. Resembles U-no-KUBI with YOKOTE Halberd with special backridge Long and halberd-like - no YOKOTE Spear |
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