interesting - the japanese vendor covered his bases by calling it a "Jutte Jitte Japanese traditional weapon 15.6 in. Black Edo police". must have lost something in the transliteration
i figured they were synonyms.
anyway, just jutte from now on...
love the swing guard and the pin that forms another at 90 degrees on the jitte. begs the question tho, why a short heavy spear with a big guard rather than a tanto or wakizashi? is it the guard those really lack? a tsuba is not much hand protection. then that begs the question why do waks and katana/tanto/tachi not have decent guards? they obviously had seen spanish/portugese rapiers for centuries. even a more primitive extended 'd' guard like they finally used in the 20th C. would be better & still allow two handed use. ah, well, they had many weapons weird and wonderful for the western collector.
ah, well. now i'll keep my eyes peeled for a kabutowari/hachiwari that doesn't break my bank.