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This is a superb item with which to safely practice your martial arts or ninja sword skills while protecting yourself, your partners, and your equipment. Measuring 40 ″ overall, this daito features finished black hardwood construction and two-piece guard. Ideal not only for training but for your wallet as well!Black Daito Sword4.051

In later half of 16th century, katana became so popular that it replaced tachi, and the tanto was replaced with wakizashi. It was the same period that saw the emergence of samurai fashion that combined the Japanese long sword (daito) with a short sword (shoto). This practice was called daisho. It marked the exalted status of samurai soldiers in society after the Muromachi period and well into Edo period (1603-1868).

This Tomahawk wooden Daito is 40 inches overall. It is sized, weighted and balanced like a real samurai sword making it an ideal practice sword to safely hone your sword techniques while protecting yourself and partners from the hard edges of steel swords. The sword is one piece. This one piece construction, along with excellent shaping and carving to represent the classic Tai Chi sword, makes this an excellent alternative to steel practice and much more affordable. This sword is made by Tomahawk Trading Company, a leader in the sword field.

The word daito refers to Japanese long swords. Rather than a specific weapon, this is actually a class of blades under which both the katana and tachi fall. This term is often used interchangeably with either of the other sword names, and can be used to describe unspecific fake and practice Japanese-style swords. To qualify as a daito the sword must have a blade longer than 2 shaku (24 inches) in a straight line. On top of being made typically of longer straight-edged measure, the tachi also had a deeper curvature than the katana thuse making the absolute length even more dissimilar. While there is a well defined lower-limit to the length of a daito, the upper limit is not well enforced; as such swords that are longer than normal daito are called odachi. Daito is often used when explaining the similar terms shoto (short sword) and daisho (the set of both large and small sword).