Wazamono (Japanese: 業（わざ）物（もの）; lit. "well-performing instrument" (業（わざ） meaning "performance" and 物（もの） "object")) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).
Wazamono (Japanese: 業（わざ）物（もの）; lit. "well-performing instrument" (業（わざ） meaning "performance" and 物（もの） "object")) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).
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