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Old 15th March 2005, 02:54 AM   #5
tom hyle
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Mine are longer; blades of 19 and 20 inches. Sharpening begins after about 3", with a blunt, but wedge-section blade base. There is distal taper, but both are still fairly thick (about 1/8") at the tip; again similar to nihon-to, and to many other oceanic E Asian cutting swords.
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