What are those things on the scabbard? Shuriken?

>>1259284
Could be small knives or even a whet stone with a handle.

>>1259284
Japanese swords often did have little knives on the saya called kogai. supposedly a boy would have to learn tho throw them accurately before he was given a sword

>>1259284

They're utility knives that fit into the scabbard instead of their own sheath. The larger blade is presumably a hunting knife/messer, so would be used to finish off the wounded animal and carry out basic butchery. Then the small knives would be used for more delicate work.

They are for sharpening soft steel, my grandfathers gurka knife from India has the same style of sharpening tools

>>1259311
Dude, Kogai is a fucking shaving razor.

>>1259311
>>1259364

Or as these have said, the smaller one looks very pointy, so it's probably a honing iron, similar to the ones still used today.

>>1259284
One is probably some sort of boning knife and the other (judging by the shape of the bulge) is a honing steel; the sword is a hunting sword used by continentals to finish off wounded game animals.

>>1259377
From the encyclopedia of Japanese martial arts

"kogai...A skewer-like implement often secured in the scabbard of a Japanese short sword or dagger.

>>1259311
Throw them accurately.
Confirmed for never having thrown knives even once.

>>1259284
Utility knives

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