Taking apart my Muromachi Era Wakizashi - Step-by-Step Guide to Japanese Sword disassembly #nihonto

In this video, I demonstrate how to disassemble a **wakizashi**, a traditional Japanese sword I believe to date back to the late Muromachi era (c. 1336–1573). While the history of this specific blade is fascinating—complete with a signed tang (nakago)—the focus today is purely on the process of carefully dismantling the sword.