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DESCRIPTION: Contrary to popular belief, the ninja's sword did not have any kind of specific design, ninja themselves known to use whatever gets the job done. The straight-blade, square tsuba swords are a product of hollywood. The actual ninja sword looked just like the samurai's daito or katana, but with a few small exceptions. For one, they were usually of a much poorer quality as most ninja hailed from poor farmers and peasants who could not afford professional blacksmiths. To a samurai, his sword was his life. To the ninja, it was an important weapon, but not so important that it couldn't be replaced if broken or lost. Having a sword of a unique or special design would identify him as a ninja which would defeat the purpose of remaining anonymous.

The sword sheath was often-times longer than the blade to allow for a compartment to hide various small items in such as a tiny blade, poisons, or blinding powder which would be thrown on the enemy to aid in escape. Also, some sheaths could have removable end pieces so that they could be used as snorkels.

DIMENSIONS:
Blade-Approximately 3.5' long.
Hilt-Approximately 1' long.

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Image size
2592x1000px 1.32 MB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix F450
Shutter Speed
1/12 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
May 25, 2006, 7:09:53 PM
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Is that the Hanwei/Paul Chen ninjato?