Naruto Manga thread (Spoilers)

[Frozen_Feet]

Look again. I thought that too. It's a hammer on a chain at the end of a the handle of a sword (which is basicall and axe). He used it to hammer the "sword" into people.

I'm fairly sure it's based on Korean Kabutstuchi cleaver sword... which was practically an axe.

It's linguistic dissonance on what counts as a "sword".

"Best" is a matter of opinion. I'll agree Katanas are somewhat overacted, especially the shape, but as far as the quality of the iron Japanese swordsmithing was rivaled only by Damascus steel.

As far as I recall, the raw materials Japanese used were vastly inferior to those of Europeans - it was the highly involved smithing process that allowed them to make their swords so good.

Relevant link.