of Shuriken and throwing stars

[katana]

Originally Posted by not2sharp

But wait, the same site even has ninja swords.....



here:
http://web-japan.org/museum/others/n...tools07_1.html

n2s

The Ninja versions of the katana were shorter, tended to have blackened blades, so as to be non reflective (concealment was the name of the game) and the guard (tsuba) tended to be larger and often square..ish. There is apparently a reason for this....but I cant remember what it was