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Originally Posted by Emanuel
Hello,
It seems all right. Distal taper, so forged blade, not stock removal. The seller doesn't say anything about the tang, whether it's forged or a welded rat-tail. The former is good, the latter very bad and potentially dangerous. Welded rat-tail tangs can be weak and they may snap off if you wave/hit the sword vigorously.
Let us know how it feels when you receive it.
Too bad about the copper habaki. A feature of Japanese nihonto, not thai/burmese dha.
Maybe you could have found an old dha for the price.
Regards,
Emanuel
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To follow up on Emanuel's comment on the tang construction...here are some good explinations taken from Cozun out of Aranyik:
Pictures of the different Tang Styles:
