Talk:Izuminokami Kanesada/@comment-171.96.181.73-20150606145328

His length is not correct. It's actually 70.3 cm according to the book "monogatari de yomu nihon no touken 150". The length of over 80 cm seems impossible as a sword of over 80 cm (together with hilt of over 30 cm) will make it a Nodachi. This is not to mention the use of Tachi had declined in the period Izumi no Kami Kanesada was smithed. The book actually classifed him as an especially long Uchigatana.