I do not get it wy some defend this ugly misbuilded Prototype,a more smooth and katana style blade would look 27866% better as this deformed insult.A subreddit for enthusiasts, practitioners, collectors, and investigators of swords (and related historical weapons). If it goes as a great katana in this shape i will feel insulted,it even is a reason to delete the game. No,seriuosly, if the shown Prototype goes as a greatsword its fine. Don't know what nikana version this is on that picture,its shure not nikana,dragon nikana or nikana prime.Also not koga nikana skin.Does not look like a katana. If someone see me run arround with such cruel look. This disgusting deformed wannabe great katana is something i would not even equip for masterypoints. You can play good or not so good, it does not matter as long as you look good. There is allways one major priority.The look.If it does not look good i do not play it.No matter how good it is. Final Fantasy X comes to mind with Aaron and his "katana" (damn things are oversized dao, not katana). And if they call it a nodachi or a great katana or whatever, who cares? Look at Japanese games that put in "katana" that look nothing like an actual katana. The closest we have is the Guandao (which that's not even its true name, the real name of the weapon is yanyuedao). Name a weapon that was called something ordinary like a katana or a broadsword.
Scimitars had much, much deeper curves than even a katana. It is much closer to type of Chinese sword called the Liuyedao or the Yanmaodao (both swords I think are much closer to the Skana than katana are). Firstly, scimitars are made of a much higher quality steel (seriously, for a culture that is so proud of their swords, they had some of the S#$ test steel). Japanese swords are not like a scimitar at all. The Tachi of Nodachi/Odachi does not mean katana (tachi are heavier with less of a curve, katana were lighter and more curved). It's a weapon that never existed, that only a warframe could wield.
Calling it a scimitar or a hockey stick is a disservice to the artist. Once drawn, that tip should still logically allow for both cutting and thrusting. You'd have an extra 30cm of blade to get past before the curved motion could provide enough momentum for a strike (there is a reason katana blades are straighter near the hilt than the older tachi), and given the added weight and length, the curve would need to be both longer and steeper than that of most katanas. However, the apparent weight of the blade is correct, and the focus and degree of the curve is basically what it should be for a katana, if one of that size did exist. While katana were often used with two hands, this longer blade runs counter to the katana's design because it would drag on the ground, it could not normally be worn with a single mounting point, preventing easy reach, and could not be drawn quickly due to its length. DE called it a "two-handed katana", a concept which did not and could not exist. Now, it's only fair to note that DE never called this weapon a nodachi. Aside from the shorter length and thicker, stronger blade, what was important about these newer katana or uchigatana ("striking sword") was that the curve at the tip of the blade allowed the drawing action to impart lateral momentum for an immediate cutting strike, a technique that became known as battoujutsu and later iaijutsu. Newer swords were made heavier and slightly shorter, straighter near the hilt with greater curvature near the tip of the blade, and worn hung from a sash by a single peg, with the blade edge facing up. The more modern and better known form of the "samurai sword" arose out of a need for a stronger weapon that could be used more quickly. The curve was not added as a consequence of differential tempering (though this does have a slight impact), but as a deliberate act because they were getting beaten badly by curved swords before they started making them. The straighter, thinner tip of the blade (along with the older, simpler chokutou, "straight sword") struggled with Mongol armours.
Distinct from their later cousins, these were drawn in preparation for battle, not during a fight. These tachi were worn either in a two-point harness hung from a belt with the blade edge down, or in the case of the longer nodachi, across the back, or sometimes carried by hand rather than worn. Nodachi were created in the older "tachi" style, which had an often longer, more curved blade with greater curvature near the hilt and a straighter tip.
"Nodachi" is a "field sword", though you could also call it "ōdachi", which would indeed translate to "great sword".
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