Shortening isn ' t done from the point you ' d lose the # t hamon in the point but rather from the tang . Swords have been shortened for many reasons throughout history , including owner preference , legal limits , remounting tachi to katana , crack near the base , etc . Swords before about 1600 were often shortened , especially swords from before 1450 , and they are still considered valuable though original length has a premium . Blades from the Edo period and later post 1600 usually were not shortened and therefore those that were typically lose a lot of value , relatively speaking . <| sep |> seems you become huge collector now bro . I would like to have social switch as well , if there ' s any here 3 <| sep |> I think you might enjoy a point blank three dragon chin sol build with proliferating ice shot . You can use a puncture trap for single target because chin sol will add the additional point blank damage to whatever you trap . It ends up being a ton of damage on one target . The helmet three dragons causes your cold damage to ignite , which creates a pointblank cone of ignite behind targets in an aoe . Proliferating that aoe with chin sol makes for a hell of a lot of damage that spreads outwards . 4 L would be ice shot concentrated effect increased burning damage elemental proliferation