A usually double-handed striking tool with a sharp rectangular blade used to cut and split wood, it resembles an oversized cleaver.

It also is an archetypical [[yandere]] weapon.

腰鉈 koshi-nata, meaning "worn at the hip", is a general use hatchet (also万能鉈 bannô-nata)
竹割り鉈 takewari-nata, a nata for splitting bamboo (this one often comes w/o a wooden handle)

h4.See also

* [[hashitsuki nata]]
* [[hatchet (axe)]]
* [[cleaver]]
* [[list of weapons]]
ナタ 鉈