When Meiji restoration happens in the late 1800s, samurai lost the legal right to wear their swords in public. Even after this restoration, many families kept their ancestral blades as family treasures up until the end of world war2 but after that Americans forces families to give up all their weapons, including family swords. This policy was revised later, but by then many of weapons had been either given to the American officers as trophies or others are melted and destroyed. 1: Wakizashi: The antique Wakizashi sword is one of the most famous Samurai swords. These swords are considered to be the shorter version of the Katana swords and are used as an auxiliary sword with Katana swords. It is also used as a weapon for close quarter battles as well as for beheading their crushed rivals. This sword is considered honorary blade as it was used for committing ritual suicides. The pair of Katana and Wakizashi swords is known as Daisho and was used as an official sign of a sam