Generally, a sward has a piece of string called shitao on the scabbard and the string of Shinobigatana is longer than that of the ordinary sword and the string was used to collect the sword after it was used as an alternative of a ladder of 1 m,.
刀には普通鞘に下げ緒という紐がついているが、忍刀のそれは普通の刀のものより長く、刀を1mほどの踏み台代わりに使った後、回収するのに利用できた。