By lyuesword | 21 September 2020 | 2 Comments
KATANA GLOSSARY (Part Ⅲ)
KABUTO | helmet | |
KABUTO-GANE | tachi style pommel cap | |
KABUTO-WARI | helmet breaker | |
KAEN | flame shaped boshi | |
KATAKIRI | sword with one side flat (no shinogi) | |
KAERI | turnback (refers to the boshi at the mune) | |
KAI GUNTO | naval sword | |
KAJI | A famous swordsmith | |
KAKIHAN | swordsmiths or tsuba makers monogram | |
KAKU-MUNE | square back ridge | |
KAMIKAZI | divine wind | |
KANJI | Japanese characters | |
KANMURI-OTOSHI | backridge beveled like a naginata | |
KANTEI | sword appraisal | |
KAO | carved monogram of swordsmith on tang | |
KASANE | thickness of blade | |
KASHIRA | sword pommel or buttcap | |
KATANA | sword worn in the obi, cutting edge up | |
KATANA KAKE | sword stand | |
KATANA-MEI | signature side that faces out when worn edge up | |
KAWAGANE | skin or surface steel | |
KAZU-UCHI MONO | mass produced swords | |
KEBORI | line carving done on sword mounts | |
KEN | straight double edged sword | |
KENGYO | triangular or pointed nakago-jiri | |
KESHO YASURIME | decorative file marks on nakago |
KIJIMATA | pheasant thigh shaped nakago | |
KIJIMOMO | pheasant leg shaped nakago | |
KIKUBA | chrysanthemum temperline (hamon) | |
KIN | gold | |
KINKO | soft metal sword fittings | |
KIN-MEI | gold inlay or gold lacquer appraiser's signature | |
KINZOGAN-MEI | attribution in gold inlay on nakago | |
KINSUJI | whitish line along hamon | |
KIRI HA | flat sword with both sides beveled to the edge | |
KIRI KOMI | sword cut or nick on the blade from another sword | |
KISSAKI | point of blade | |
KITAE | forging | |
KIZU | flaw | |
KO | old or small | |
KOBUSE | blade constructed with hard steel around a soft core | |
KO-CHOJI | small choji hamon | |
KODACHI | small tachi | |
KODOGU | all the sword fittings except the tsuba | |
KOGAI | hair pick accessory | |
KOIGUCHI | the mouth of the scabbard or its fitting | |
KOJIRI | end of the scabbard | |
KOKUHO | national treasure class sword | |
KO-MARU | small round boshi | |
KO-MIDARE | small irregular hamon | |
KO-MOKUME | small wood grain hada | |
KO-NIE | small or fine nie | |
KO-NIE DEKI | composed of small nie | |
KOSHIATE | leather suspensors (hangers) for a sword | |
KOSHIRAE | sword mountings or fittings | |
KOSHI-ZORI | curve of the blade is near the hilt | |
KOTO | Old Sword Period (prior to about 1596) | |
KOZUKA | handle of accessory knife | |
KUBIKIRI | small tanto for cutting the neck or removing heads | |
KUNI | province | |
KURIJIRI | rounded nakago jiri | |
KURIKARA | dragon horimono (engraving/carving) | |
KURIKATA | scabbard fitting for attaching the sageo | |
KUZURE | crumbling or disintegrating | |
KWAIKEN | short knife carried by women |
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