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cybersmurf:
Katana, but IIRC that's japanese for just "sword". But yes, a samurai sword. Doesn't need an edge. Maybe a wazikashi (I hope I got that right), which is the same but as knife.

And a Mauser Modell 98. Because I love the aesthetic.

snubnose:
Oh the katana is in no way the japanese word for "sword" at all.

Quite on the contrary this was a very, very specific kind of sword, and the primary sword of the japanese warrior class, the Samurai.

If you even wear the edge downward instead of upward, the japanese already use a different word for that. If the curvature of the blade is too strong, different word.

And the Wakizashi isnt a knife. Its a onehanded sword, the secondary sword of the Samurai, for close quarters and for ritual suicide. Its also seen as the sign of the honor of the Samurai; Samurai who had no master would be called Ronin and not own a Wakizashi.

BenRG:
Related question: I've seen animé in which a character uses a wakizashi as a parrying blade, dual-wielded with a katana. Did anyone ever actually do that or is it just fight designers trying to crowbar oriental weapon styles in with occidental fencing styles?

Akima:
I'm not expert on Japanese swordsmanship but definitely dual wielding was a thing. The style is called Niten Ichi-ryū (二天一流).

N.N. Marf:
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