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English: Nihonto (traditional Japanese (steel) bladed weapons)): A Yari (spear); close up of the spearhead, mounted in a shirasaya; the blade is a simple (classic) 3-sided (triangular in cross-section) single tip yari, approximately 1 shaku (roughly 1 ft) in length (which is intermediate/moderately-long for a simple-form single point yari) with a groove & character inscribed & detailed with red lacquer, on the "front". NTHK certified, 1500s-1600s, from my personal collection. This shot shows the "front" side of the yari blade; a single flat surface. The photograph has an element of "forced perspective", in that the edges of the actual blade are straight & parallel, not wider near the tip, as they appear to be in this image. The blade is hand-tempered along its full length on the 2 cutting edges, which look "fogged" or "frosted" as compared with the rest of the steel. The blade has been polished, within the last few years, to a reasonable show quality, although it is in need of cleaning & oiling. When examined in detail, the blade shows minor scratches from post-polish use, & both grain details & minor flaws in the steel, as would be expected of a pre-modern (or traditionally made) Japanese blade; especially a thick-bladed weapon, intended for practical, everyday use. |
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| Author | Lx 121 |
| Other versions | part of a series, all of the same yari |
unfortunately, the details of the tip of the blade were slightly obscured by the flash; otherwise this is a shot with minimal "flare".
image could be cleaned up in a number of ways, such as rotating to a more perfect vertical, cropping slightly, & toning down the bg.
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| current | 12:00, 9 January 2010 | | 1,704 × 2,272 (2.49 MB) | Rotatebot (talk | contribs) | Bot: Rotate 270° |
| 06:54, 9 January 2010 |  | 2,272 × 1,704 (2.48 MB) | Lx 121 (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Nihonto (traditional Japanese (steel) bladed weapons)): A Yari (spear); close up of the spearhead, mounted in a shirasaya; the blade is a simple (classic) 3-sided (triangular in cross-section) sin |
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