The BirGorkha Everest Kothimoda Kantana. Pix.

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A "goot un" James.
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Thanks bro. That ws the only thing I could imagine, but didn't know for sure.
Yes, the faceted point. I always thought that it looked as if someone had "forgotten" something there and had to go back and rework it.(vbeseg
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The HI Katana has already proven itself through proper testing. I just hope no one ever has to use one for its intended purpose.
A katana, khukuri or shotgun, they're all gonna be messy.

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The point of a katana is actually quite complicated in subtle ways ... it's designed for slashing, not thrusting.... There's a good article on it at http://swordforum.com -- that's a great place to learn about katanas in general, and so is www.netsword.com though they are oriented more toward European swords.

Tidal wave is tsunami ... I don't know what tatsumi means, if anything ... maybe one of our Japanese members can translate it -- if it isn't too obscene to translate on a family forum.
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Japanese is a notoriously risky language for foreigners to speak; everything depends on inflections ... there are many stories of venerable martial artists coming to America and American martial arts students try to welcome them with a bit of memorized Japanese and it comes out something like "Your elbow is irritating my armpit" or "I see you've been dipping your head in sheep manure" or worse....

-Cougar :{)
 
I've been trying to keep away from katana thread as possible, for I can't put my hands on one in Japan without legality problem, it just makes makes me drool flooding over till I'm drowned.

A tsunami is a wave, not a tidal but of earthquake. Tidal wave is Taka-shio (big wave). Tatsumi is a popular surname. The meaning is originally "dragon and snake", it can be "southeast" in direction context, or "year of dragon and year of snake" in time context.

Hope this helps.


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Mizutani Satoshi
 
shhhh, pipe down before my high school teacher sees this and decides to recall my US history grade ... :-p

J
 
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Hey!!!
I gotta tell you that the "Battle of the Bulge" is ever present in the Here and Now!!!!

Anyway that's what I find every time I go to buy some new pants.
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...............Will Rogers......

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