The chokuto, meaning straight sword, is a straight, single-edged Japanese sword mainly produced before the ninth century, with a basic style likely derived from similar swords in ancient China. Chokuto were used on foot for stabbing or slashing and were worn hung from the waist; until the Heian period such swords were called tachi, written with a different character from the later tachi that refers to curved swords. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Classification
Service Status Weapon ClassStraight, single-edged sword 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Chokuto
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is a straight, single-edged Japanese sword that was mainly produced prior to the 9th century
- Weapon class (sword-polearm-blade) is a pre-industrial/melee weapon type by its own nature per the entity's own sourced description text; not carried in current active military service.
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