Yari Tanto
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| Weapon type: | Cutting and thrusting weapon |
| Designations: | Yari-tanto |
| Use: | Dagger, tank breaker |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Yari Tanto is a dagger from Japan that was used as an armor piercer.
description
The Yari Tanto is made up of the blade of a Japanese Yari - spear . Mostly the blade shape Sasaho-Gata is used. The steel of the yari blades is in most cases just as exquisitely worked as the steel that is used to make the swords ( katana , wakizashi , tachi ). The blades are usually equipped with a hamon of various types and are therefore differentially hardened, just like the swords and daggers . The mounting is done in the same way as with a Tanto . The mount consists of a scabbard ( Saya ), booklet (Tsuka), grip cap (Kashira), washers (Seppa), and metal inlays under the wrapping of the grip (Menuki). The Saya is usually also provided with an eyelet (Kurigata) to attach the sword band (Sageo). As with other tantos or swords, it is attached to the handle with a hole (Mekugi-ana) in the blade tang ( Nakago ) and a bamboo stick (Mekugi). The Nakago is also often provided with the signature of the master making it ( Mei ). A by-knife ( Kogatana or Kozuka ), a sword needle ( Kogai ) or metal chopsticks are often attached to the scabbard . The Yari Tanto was used by the samurai as an armor piercer. The narrow, stable blade made it possible to pierce through the armor joints.
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Lionel Behrens, Henri L. Joly, WL Behrens Collection: Sword , Volume 3, Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1966, page 112
literature
- Clive Sinclaire, Samurai: the weapons and spirit of the Japanese warrior , Salamander Verlag, 2001, ISBN 9781840652338
- Sotheby's, Japanese works of art , Sotheby's, 1988, p. 228
- Basil William Robinson, The arts of the Japanese sword , Verlag Faber and Faber, 1961, p. 29
