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Presumably the secret wig wearers whould have been
found out in what should have been their hour of
glory and honour (having died for the Emperor).
Steve
Jerry Anning wrote:
>
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:10:18 -0600, "Charles Krause"
> <osi### [at] cheerful com> wrote:
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> >
> >Thomas Lake wrote in message <370B317C.F62CF3DA@home.com>...
> >>Boy doesn't it just put a real crimp in your day when sword doesn't come
> >out of
> >>your victim cleanly:-)
> >>
> >
> >
> >Yeah - that's why the steretypical 'killing stroke' with a Katana (and NOT
> >because of HIGHLANDER, thankyouverymuch, it has historical basis) is to just
> >lop off the head with a single stroke :P
>
> That, and so you could carry the head off on the end of a knife and
> put it in a box for display. Samurai used to spend hours doing their
> hair before a battle so that their head would look good if a foe thus
> enshrined it.
>
> Jerry Anning
> clem "at" dhol "dot" com
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