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Why do swords have grooves?

Updated: 9/17/2023
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Swords often have grooves in order to help maintain proper harmonic/dynamic balance and to help reduce weight without losing strenght. The grooves are often incorrectly referred to as "blood grooves" but are correctly called fullers.

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