It is clear that there are as many collectors as there are tastes, and the Japanese saying “Jūnin toiro” (ten people, ten colors) would be the equivalent of “to each his own” in...
Yamada Asaemon was the title held by the heads of the Japanese Yamada family, who served the shogunate as sword inspectors and executioners during the Edo period. As early as the 16th century,...
Tameshigiri: The art of cutting with Katana Cutting capacity is intrinsic to the katanas because it is their Reason to be. If the katana was merely decorative it would never have existed. They were...
Hamon is the pattern we see on the edge of the blade of any Nihonto and is not merely aesthetic, but is due to the differential clay tempering that is applied to the...
The term Nihonto is used to refer to authentic Japanese weapons made with handcrafted manufacturing processes by specialised craftsmen using specific materials such as Tamahagane steel, a special steel with a low carbon...

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