Real "ninja" sword, or modern invention?

Rich · 18th November 2010, 10:08 PM

"Actually, I found one aside that suggested that Stephen Hayes invented the straight-bladed ninja-to. That's an interesting suggestion to follow up on."

Like I said, ninjato are a Hollywood invention :-)

Rich S
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18th November 2010, 10:08 PM	#10
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	"Actually, I found one aside that suggested that Stephen Hayes invented the straight-bladed ninja-to. That's an interesting suggestion to follow up on." Like I said, ninjato are a Hollywood invention :-) Rich S ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stein, PhD "Old Puukkophile" Japanese Sword Guide http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm -------------------------------------------------------