Talk:Weaponry
Ooh, I like. How about some personal weapons that a noble might use in duels, types of daggers infiltrators might use to stab people in the back, that sorta thing? Just a suggestion, I'm too lazy to follow through on it myself. Olik 00:58, 1 July 2006 (CEST)
See my article on duels for a few weapons that might be used. To be honest I'm not sure about daggers used by infiltrators - about the only assassination weapon I can recall offhand is a pair of pistols disguised as a fully-functioning knife and fork set, but that's gunpowder era.--Egregious 16:31, 3 July 2006 (CEST)
I see Shoenaemaeh has added the Katana. I have no objection to the inclusion of Japanese blades - they are, after all, justifiably famous - but I suspect that it may be a substantial amount of work. For a start, adding the Katana demands the addition of wakizashi, tanto, tachi, notachi, ootachi et cetera, et cetera. Furthermore, because of their undoubted 'coolness', Japanese blades have come to occupy a certain position in popular culture whereby nearly everyone is keen to set him or herself up as an authority. Picking through the minefield of different names, misapplications and transliteration (as far as I'm aware we don't have a Japanese transliteration policy) will be rather difficult. Are there any people out there who are really knowledgeable about Japaneses swordsmanship (rather than knowledgeable in the kind of fanboy way that I know I am, and I suspect most internet denizens are)?--Egregious 13:08, 24 July 2006 (CEST)
For example, in his excellent history of swordfighting By The Sword, Richard Cohen mentions katana, tachi, ko-bizen, kabatsuchi, no tachi, ka radachi, shinai, kyo-mono, kunihiro, kozuka, koshigatana, mamori-gatana, mino-mono, arami meizukushi, tsurugi, daisho, bokuto, sosho-mono, metezashi, tosu, tanto, wakizashi, tsobokiri no tsurugi, aikuchi, osatune kaji, chokuto, agari-tachi, umabari, nodachi and mikusa no kan-dakara. It's an encyclopedianist's nightmare! [On a sidenote, Cohen also mentions the Japanese word tsujigiri, which apparently means to try out a new sword on a chance passerby. Japan: So Much Cooler]--Egregious 13:42, 24 July 2006 (CEST)
