Talk:Characters/@comment-111.94.32.211-20150703161817/@comment-31.33.217.53-20150818205417

I don't know any really famous Nagamaki or Tsurugi (beside Kusanagi, and maybe Totsuka who is legendary, I mean if we include Totsuka-no-tsurugi, why not Ama-no-Nuhoko, Thor's hammer, and Odin's spear while we are at it...) but if there is 1, he would likely be included into Naginata or Nodachi. Because for now their is only 1 Naginata, Benkei's one.

Nagamaki, I say this for those who don't know, are really different type of weapon :

Naginata is a spear with long curved blade (like sabres or falchion...) Nodachi is a katana with a longer Nagasa, and sometimes a far longer Nagasa (like 2 meters...) Nagamaki is the opposite of Nodachi, instead of making the blade longer you make the Nakago and Tsuka longer. And sometimes they had a ricasso, in paper or a longer Habaki.

Historically, at the begining, Naginata and Nagamaki were almost the same thing. So their is confusion among westerners, that's a way to recognize noobs. :p