A new sword joins my family of weapons. The "fourth beast" is different from all the rest, in that she is a Chinese sword rather than Japanese. Also, she is a one-handed weapon and double-sided. She is used in tai chi, qigong, and meditation.
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爪 / tsume / claw
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.
爪 / tsume / claw
jian / unsharpened Chinese straight sword
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.
—DANIEL 7:19
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頤 / ago / jaw
"Musashi oar" suburito / heavy oak wooden sword
Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men. And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
—JUDGES 15:15-16
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舌 / shita / tongue
katana iaito / unsharpened long sword
In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
—REVELATION 1:16
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牙 / kiba / fang
wakizashi iaito / unsharpened short sword
Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance; the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction. —ECCLESIASTICUS 39:29-30
頤 / ago / jaw
"Musashi oar" suburito / heavy oak wooden sword
Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men. And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
—JUDGES 15:15-16
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舌 / shita / tongue
katana iaito / unsharpened long sword
In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
—REVELATION 1:16
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牙 / kiba / fang
wakizashi iaito / unsharpened short sword
Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance; the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction. —ECCLESIASTICUS 39:29-30
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