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JAPANESE SWORDS
The Japanese sword is an elegant weapon that has as over 1,600 years of developmental history.

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| The accompanying illustrations will show that the nihon-to is far from being merely a curved blade with an "armor piercing chisel point" (as is the popularized misconception among American production knife marketing) but that the sword is wonderfully refined for cutting - from tip to forte. |