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What is the name of the small sword used by Samurai?

Scud

Not the Katana.. the other one?

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AndyB
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Believe it's called the Wakizashi
Posted: 08-May-2008 12:40

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AndyB
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Or the Tanto
Posted: 08-May-2008 12:45

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Col. Kurtz
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It's the Wakizashi and it was usually worn with the Katana.
Posted: 29-May-2008 11:58

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Furinkazan
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Samurai used mostly the tanto(=more or less a knife with a tsuba(=guard)) on the battlefield or an aekuchi(=same as tanto but without tsuba). More rarely they wore a wakizashi on the battlefield. During peacetime samurai wore the daishô(means literrally 'big/short'). This was to distinct them from other classes. It was always composed of a katana and a wakizashi.
Posted: 04-Jul-2008 22:52

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