By lyuesword | 16 October 2020 | 0 Comments
KATANA GLOSSARY (Part Ⅴ)
| SAGEO | cord used for tying the saya to the obi |  |
| SAGURI | the ornament which helps secure the saya when drawn |
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| SAIHA/SAIJIN | retempered sword | |
| SAKI | tip or point | |
| SAKI-HABA | blade width at yokote | |
| SAKI ZORI | curvature in the top third of the blade |  |
| SAKU | made | |
| SAME' | rayskin used for tsuka (handle) covering |  |
| SAMURAI | Japanese warrior or the warrior class | |
| SANBONSUGI | "three cedars" (hamon with repeating three peaks) |  |
| SAN-MAI | three-piece sword construction | |
| SAYA | sword scabbard | |
| SAYAGAKI | attribution on a plain wood scabbard |  |
| SAYAGUCHI (koi-guchi) |
mouth of the scabbard | |
| SAYASHI | scabbard maker | |
| SEKI-GANE | soft metal plugs in the tsuka hitsu-ana |  |
| SEPPA | washers or spacers |  |
| SHAKU | Japanese unit of measure approximately one foot | |
| SHAKUDO | copper and gold alloy used for sword fittings | |
| SHIBUICHI | copper and silver alloy used for sword fittings | |
| SHIKOMI-ZUE | sword cane |  |
| SHINAE | ripples in steel due to bending of blade | |
| SHINAI | bamboo sword used in Kendo |  |
| SHINGANE | soft core steel | |
| SHINOGI | ridgeline of the blade |  |
| SHINOGI-JI | sword flat between the mune and shinogi | |
| SHINOGI-ZUKURI | sword with shinogi | |
| SHIN-SHINTO | New-New Sword Period (1781 to 1868) | |
| SHINTO | New Sword Period (1596 to 1781) | |
| SHIRASAYA | plain wood storage scabbard |  |
| SHITODOME | small collars in the kurikata and/or kashira |  |
| SHOBU ZUKURI | blade where shinogi goes to the tip of the kissaki (no yokote) |  |
| SHOGUN | supreme military leader | |
| SHOTO | short sword (between 12 and 24 inches) | |
| SHOWATO | sword made during the Showa Era (usually refers to low quality blades) | |
| SHUMEI | red lacquer signature |  |
| SHURIKEN | small throwing knife |  |
| SORI | curvature |  |
| SUDARE-BA | bamboo blinds effects in hamon |  |
| SUGATA | shapes of sword blade | |
| SUGUHA | straight temper line |  |
| SUKASHI | cut out | |
| SUN | Japanese measure, approx. one inch | |
| SUNAGASHI | activity in hamon like brushed sand |  |
| SURIAGE | shortened tang |
| TACHI | long sword worn with cutting-edge down |  |
| TACHI-MEI | signature facing away from body when worn edge down | |
| TAKABORI | high relief carving |  |
| TAKANOHA | hawk feather style of yasurime | |
| TAMAHAGANE | raw steel for making swords |  |
| TAMESHIGIRI | cutting test | |
| TAMESHI-MEI | cutting test inscription | |
| TANAGO (TANAGO-BARA) |
fish belly shaped nakago |  |
| TANTO | dagger or knife with blade less than 12 inches |  |
| TATARA | smith's smelter for making sword steel | |
| TO | sword | |
| TOBIYAKI | islands of tempering in the ji |  |
| TOGARI | pointed | |
| TOGI | sword polish or polisher | |
| TORAN | high wave like hamon | |
| TORII-ZORI | sword curve in the middle of the blade |  |
| TSUBA | sword guard |  |
| TSUCHI | small hammer for removing mekugi |  |
| TSUKA | sword handle |  |
| TSUKA-GUCHI | mouth of handle | |
| TSUKA-ITO | handle wrapping or tape | |
| TSUKAMAKI | art of wrapping the handle of a sword | |
| TSUKURI/ ZUKURI |
sword | |
| TSUKURU | made by or produced by | |
| TSUNAGI | wooden sword blade to display fittings |  |
| TSURUGI | double edged, straight sword |  |
| UBU | original, complete, unaltered tang (nakago) |  |
| UCHIGATANA | fighting katana | |
| UCHIKO | fine powder used to clean sword blades | |
| UCHIZORI | curved inward | |
| UMABARI | horse needle, is a double-edged knife, in a shape of a stylus. It appeared before kogatana, and was used to clean out the hooves of horses. | |
| UMA-HA | horse teeth hamon |  |
| UMEGANE | plug used to repair kizu | |
| URA | side of the nakago facing toward the body | |
| URA-MEI | signed on the ura (usually the date) |  |
| UTSURI/BO-UTSURI | reflection of temperline in ji |  |
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