Talk:Uchigatana/@comment-99.237.88.199-20130809191134

Not to nitpick but the trivia section could do with a good and proper edit, Ugigatana are not technically katana at all though they share the design of the curve and hamon(wave pattern) on the sword, the Ugigatana was a step towards modern Katana being made as it is half way between a Tachi and a Katana, and was still used for mounted combat but had stability to a unmounted or dismounted samurai. Also most japanese sword names are that the name of the specific blade and in most cases reffering to the length, curve or stright of the blade, the general word for sword in japanese is Tsurugi, although this term is now more for a specific type of sword in current diction.