{"id":355,"date":"2014-07-12T08:46:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T08:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/?p=355"},"modified":"2014-07-19T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T12:28:49","slug":"new-product-hanwei-shinobi-ninja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/new-product-hanwei-shinobi-ninja\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product: Hanwei Shinobi Ninja-to"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have read our page on Ninja Swords<\/a> you will know that there is a rather fierce debate about what exactly a Ninja sword actually was from a historical point of view..<\/p>\n

You see, the classic Ninja sword that most people imagine – a straight blade with chisel like tip and square, distinctive handle – cannot be found in any museum (ok, scratch that – the Ninja Museum in Iga has a very similar sword on display – BUT it is not an original, for all intents and purposes, it might as well be\u00a0the hanwei\u00a0sword on display).<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of the sword in the museum again for those of you playing at home:<\/p>\n

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The incriminating Ninja sword in the Ninja Museum, Iga, modern day Mie prefecture, Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n

However, it gets complicated because it IS listed as representative – and the good folk at Iga are the living descendents of the arts and have certainly researched it more than anyone in interwebz land, so who knows..<\/p>\n

Perhaps that is the way the Ninja would have liked it.<\/p>\n

But – all argument aside – at face value I must admit, on its own merits it is a fantastic, versatile and incredibly good FUN sword. And oh my, can that chisel tip kissaki sure can deliver one rather frightening stab..<\/p>\n