刀 Katana Terminology

[urayasudoko]

日本人の私からしても分かりやすかっです！

[grimsdyke]

Awesome video, really helps, I have a question, I have heard the Shinogi(or Fuller), referred to as a Bo-Hi, are there 2 different names for it?

[Babababababe]

Do you know how many katana sword smiths there are in Japan? Would you also know if there is an association for the sword smiths? Is there a hierarchy among the sword smiths? Finally, is there a top sword smith in Japan, for example a sword smith that the Emperor might choose?

Thank you.

[dig6dog]

@Babababababe noob

[Babababababe]

@性交の頭部

[Babababababe]

@dig6dog

WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?

WHO THE FUCK ASKED YOU?

AND YEAH IT FUCKING MATTERS TO ME!!

NOW GET A FUCKING LIFE, LOOSER!

[dig6dog]

@Babababababe

1)does it matter ?

2)does it matter?

3)does it matter?

4)the guy who made the zantetsuken

[Lodoss3800]

よく勉強されましたね。鋩子の分類についても説明すれば驚く日本­人は多いと思います。　出来ることであれば最初の見せ方を工夫して下さい。　心得あるものは知識より刀の扱い方を重視するものです。

[caseysan39]

とてもよいアドバイスをありがとうございます。

また１つ勉強になりました。お心遣いに感謝します。

ありがとうございました。

[thataccentgamer]

@caseysan39 English please, thanks.

[christianroberfoster]

Fantastic!

Thank you for taking the time out of your life to share your knowledge with all those who take a real interest in this special and precious item.

[GeetarAdam]

What kind of sword is that. I'd imagine it's not production, but who made it?

[GeetarAdam]

GIfu Ken? Did I hear/spell that right?

[caseysan39]

oops just replied to your comment above missed this one, yeah that's right

[caseysan39]

it's a Nihon-tou (日本刀) a real Japanese sword (i.e. folded steel hand made) crafted by a licensed swordsmith here in Japan it's fairly new; only about 10 years old. the other with the blue tsuka ito is production though it's an aluminum training iaito made by Nosyu Iai. thx for watching

[DMTfabric]

oh real treat this video!

[caseysan39]

thanks :o)

[VSRX7]

this dude sounds really good like he can speak + read fluent japanese. nice annotations and labelling + stuff.

[kendoka0girl]

This is very informative.  Arigato.

[caseysan39]

It's so good to know some are finding this helpful in some way, thanks a lot for viewing and the comment.

[caseysan39]

you're welcome and thanks for watching sorry i'm really lagging on youtube replies, so goes life with little kids ;-0

[GeetarAdam]

Man, can I pick your brain for a second? I've been pondering buying a real one. Now, as I live in the U.S., a nihonto would be much more difficult and expensive for me to aquire. Assuming I buy from a reputable swordmith, can I find someone to make me a custome katana here in the U.S. that will be on a par with a real nihonto. I guess my question is....is it possible to find a custom sword in the U.S. that will still have been made with the same methods and care as a nihonto?

[MessagesFromEarth]

This is great. I'm living in Kagoshima City and just started learning Iaido. This will help me out remembering all the Japanese names for the parts of the sword

[caseysan39]

I'd hoped some fellow iaidoka out there might find this helpful when making it so a big thanks for letting me know. Good luck with your training, I began iai here too and still it's one of my favorite things about Japan. Thanks again for the comment.

[IaidoPeople]

最高～！！╮（￣▽￣）╭

[caseysan39]

優しいコメントが好きです！

見てくれてありがとうございました

:o)

[IaidoPeople]

あなたは英語の先生か～？

[caseysan39]

Sorry I missed this one. 5 months ago! Ugh!! ごめん！これを見ません。。。５ヶ月前！ヤアアア！　はい，私は英語先生です

[kfkonrad]

Very nice. I enjoyed this, and nice blades!

[caseysan39]

Thanks I just watched some of your tameshi giri clips, wow very impressive!

[chisacat]

Its so refreshing to see real craftsmanship on display on youtube - Thank you so much for this vid - far too many production sword vids

get shown and when you mention nihonto you get branded a sword snob, usually by one of the may youtube ninja expets.

thank you

[caseysan39]

Thanks for the kind words, I initially made this as a fun way to brush up on the terminology before being tested on it all again in an iaido rank test; it's been nice seeing that others have enjoyed it too. As for prod sword vids check out the clip where the home shopping guy shatters and stabs himself with one- it's hilarious in a demented sort of way... I got it saved on my favorites.

[mishimasword]

Nice video but just two little corrections. The white that wraps around the handle, Tsuka, is "Same Kawa", (Shark skin). Only "Same" means it is a shark, as the whole animal itself. "Kashira" means sword fittings, not sword furniture as you listed it.

Nice pieces, thanks for sharing this with us.

[caseysan39]

Thanks for the comment and you're absolutely right about "same kawa"

"same" is just ellipsis - Jaws is not on my tsuka :o)

And you mean koshirae (こしらえ), not kashira (かしら - tsuka butt-cap), yes?

Really just semantics here but the lit. translation (from koshiraeru 拵える-to make) doesn't work, and the lexical choices of English are vast, thus mountings, furniture or fittings can all be synonymously used for koshirae in this context.

You say Tomato I say Tomato huh! Thanks again for watching.