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Le habaki (啖呵) est une pièce de métal encerclant la lame d'un sabre japonais au niveau de la tsuba. Elle sert essentiellement à maintenir la lame dans sa saya (fourreau) et à bloquer la tsuba.

The katana is drawn by grasping the saya near the top and pressing the tsuba with the thumb to emerge the blade just enough to unwedge the habaki from inside the saya. The blade is then free in the saya, and can be drawn out very quickly. This is known as "Koiguchi-o kiru", or "tanka o kiru" (啖呵を切る, "clearing the tanka"). This is obviously an extremely aggressive gesture, since a fatal cut can be given in a fraction of a second thereafter (see iaido).

The expression "tanka o kiru" is now widely used in Japan, in the sense of "getting ready to begin something", or "getting ready to speak", especially with an aggressive connotation [1].

[edit] Safety

Oil on the habaki will rub off onto the inside of the koiguchi, saturating the wood and allowing the katana to slip too easily from the saya, a very dangerous situation. To avoid this problem, do not oil the habaki during routine sword cleaning.