What Is a Wooden Handle Katana? (and What’s the Function?)

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Those of you familiar with traditional Japanese sword patterns, like a katana, may also be familiar with an unconventional configuration that some call a “wooden handle katana.” It is actually called a shirasaya, which means “white sheath” or “white scabbard” in Japanese. Yet as you may know, the tsuka, or hilt, of a Japanese sword is typically wrapped in...

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