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Originally Posted by Kang Seung Jae
I go for East Asian swords, particularly Korean and Japanese.
Here's my favorite: The Korean Ungeum.
Although it looks like a Japanese katana, the overall structure of the sword itself is different, especially in the blade shape.
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Well the largest design difference in the ancient korean swords is that it doesn't have a blood-groove, which the Japanese swords do contain. Even the replicas of ancient Korean swords can cost a pretty penny as they don't make too many of them since the japanese swords tend to be more popular. Also the folding techniques used never became as refined as it did in Japan. This is for many reasons.
Also the sheathe made for the sword tended to be metal. The sword was not normally carried on a belt or attached, but normally carried in their hands (although this isn't the case every time) This is because the sheathe itself probably was used to block.
Ancient Koreans though tended to use various spears more than the sword. Infact there are quite a few cool spear designs they have. although now people tend to like the swords more than the spear.