Thread: Japanese straight questions

guys, i think the answer is in the Katana

look how a Katana is made and used, how it is stamped and hold in hand. If u do so you will understand why Kamisori are how they are.

It is often stressed out that Kamisori were made as a side business by Katana makers. After reseraching on google using "ura" and "omote" i found a site that pictures a lot of katana and their ura and omote side.
From what i understand, when a katana is held, the stamps are facing the samurai holding the katana. And the omote is shown to the exterior. Exactly as a kamisori BEFORE you bend your elbow and curl your wrist to apply the omote to your right cheek let's say.
And if you use it as a barber, it's even more obvious. If you use a kamisori against someone else face, it's naturally the omote that is presenting to the client (facing the barber). Try to use the ura against someone else face is putting you in a strange position and weird angle. -with downward strokes-

Again, when holding a katana or a kamisori up, you naturally have the Ura facing you. Ura will always face your body and Omote facing the outside, when used against someone else.
Turning to blade toward you makes everything more complicated.
That's why the better way to say it is not to say that the Ura should face the holder but to say that the Omote should face what is to be cut.

hope i made some sens out of my mind.
thank you

(Omote of this blade to be facing what is to be cut!)