the samuria where masters of many weapons, one samurai may know how to best use a katana, odachi, yumi, yari, naginata, chokuto, and to do it all on horseback
the iconic weapon for the samurai is the katana, the curved sword of the samurai and 100% pure japanese. this weapon was made to be razor sharp, sharper than any European sword at the time. the katana had a blade about 27 inches long in the blade and 11-12 inches in the handle, with this long handle the samurai could take advantage of leverage and make a much harder swing. during the edo era of japan the sword forgers made the tsuba (handguard)...
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