Japanese knife terminology

[John L]

I always enjoy the odd(to me) Japanese knife terminology discussed on this forum....but have absolutely no idea what it all means Is there a book or website that discuuses it all? Thanks and keep up the lingo!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Here are some good places to look:

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/glossry.htm

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm (this site has links to most any question about japanese swords and such)

http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/glossary.htm

Stacy

 

[Patrickknives]

Nice link, dont know what I am going to do with it but great info.