No-Dachi

[Tatsumaru]

Does anybody know if you can actually buy No-Dachi swords, cos they are extremely cool. I'm just not sure whether they are actually still made anywhere as they were mainly in use only during the height of japanese samurai warfare period as far as i know....

[YODA]

This was discussed in depth here...

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5925

[JediMasterChris]

What Japanese sword art do you practice?

[47Ronin]

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[ns_oni]

anyone who says "extremely cool" shouldn't own a sword :p

[Cudgel]

hey I say ....wait i dont say "extremely cool" I say "ow damn that sharp" or "ewww thats sick" with and evil grin as I think about ..... any ways All I can say is "spoon" :D

[Dark Blade]

I was thinking that same thing as I read that!
:D

A quote from his profile:

Biography: i am training for brown belt in ju-jitsu in england at the moment, i am very interested in all info on weapons (except boring ones like Tonfas and nunchaku)


I think your just someone who likes sharp weapons because they're cool....which is not why you buy a sword!

[Cloud-uk]

No one who dismisses the nunchaku as "boring" should be allowed a weapon.

[Tatsumaru]

OK fine i am clearly not worthy of owning a no dachi sword, but still give me the info.......for my mate big dave....

[47Ronin]

And what No-dachi art does he study?

[Cudgel]

Hey I think chucks are boring. But still even if we gave you info on Nodachi I doubt you could afford one. AS I dont know of any place that mass produces them so you would have to have on made custom in either the US or Japan and all the smiths I seen that do custom work charge like $50 an inch.

In my thinking it would be wiser to ask for info on the art of the nodachi rather than looking for one right off the bat.

[47Ronin]

I agree.

[shonuff]

E-mail Bugei.com. Don't waste their time unless you have the money. THey make custom blades if you ask nicely. At least that's what I heard.

They carry a double bladed tachi sword. Sweet.