Battle damage

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Originally Posted by Roland_M

First, Samurai were also just human beings and secondly, a katana is much too valuable to risk its sharpness in the body of a peasant.

In the Edo-Period Samurai katana were used mostly for duels and wakizashi for seppuku.

Roland

To my belief system they were not just. They were predatory bullies.

Also Most post koto Wakizashi, would I understand have been owned by merchants, not Samarai? & they weren't all killing themselves with there Wakizashi!

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