#nuibari

This is a reference mostly to the standard sizes of swords vs the more exotic legendary seven swords. Ume because of her size uses a wakizashi, her wakizashi in particular has a thinner blade and handle than average because it was made specifically so she could wield it one handed with her very small hands. It’s made in the same fashion as a katana as well as forged of chakra steel so it’s much stronger than a tanto even though it’s fairly small in size.

Chojuro’s sword is a standard Kirigakure katana, in fact his blade is actually a loaner from the supply office since he himself didn’t get to keep the blade he borrowed during the chunin exames. Unlike Ume’s or Suigetsu’s it has a cross guard and a very traditional length and width. Even though it’s not chakra steel, it’s a folded steel battle ready katana and strong enough to serve as both sword and shield.

Suigetsu’s sword was like Ume’s custom made for his exclusive use. It’s chakra steel as well but Suigetsu’s chakra nature means he can’t use the same way Ume uses hers. A water natured swordsman could use chakra steel to make water weapons that cut but cannot be blocked, however since Suigetsu can do so without it the sword is less valuable in his hands.

For a country that loves it’s katana the legendary swords are fairly strange in shape. This may be because they are modeled after a tanto, which is the more standard of ninja blades, but all the legendary swords are more straight blades than anything else. Kiba are both straight swords and though it’s know as some of the sharpest swords ever made the bards show that Kiba is both an offensive and defensive design allowing or easy blocks and crossguards. It’s also the shortest of the seven swords because of the fact that it’s to be used together in tandem.

While it looks more like a shield than a sword (and it can be a sheild) the design of Hiramekarei makes perfect sense when you remember that while ninja bend physics the average ninja doesn’t usually outright break the laws of conservation. In this case, the extra mass allows it to draw material to change form. It’s a tricky blade to use, and not something you can use without a good bit of chakra to back up the transformations.

Nuibari is known as the long sword, and by katana standards it is quite long. Though by seven swords length it’s still beaten by Kubikiribocho. It’s length isn’t the impressive part, it’s said that while Kiba has the sharpest blade, it has the sharpest point. A proper wielder can pierce through armor, flesh, bone, steel and stone with little trouble. It’s said it’s because it’s point is so thin it goes to the spaces between.

@dunloth replied to your photo “This. Is. Not. A. Sword.”

And the Needle one too, sewing people together. So unsettling ��

Like, I can kind of see an argument for Nuibari. Hypothetically, you could use it in a sword-like stabby manner.

It’s hinky, but I’ll allow it. [Insert thin ice meme here]

Fast chibi Kushimaru Kuriarare!

For you ;-)