Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

Making a Katana from titanium or how I made a Katana sword from titanium, to be honest, I myself did not figure out the name. I'll leave this question to the viewer's judgment, to share your opinion ...

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Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

making it a highly versatile weapon in battle. In this slide show, follow the steps that a master Japanese swordsmith takes today to craft what is arguably the most legendary of swords.— ...

Japanese swords are called "metal made art." The once lost techniques used to make them prior to the 16th century are now on the verge of rediscovery. Ancient swords such as this tachi displayed ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... which he has shaped so it will make a snug fit into the channel and forges the ...

The collection allows stylistic comparison of the five major sword making regions of Japan known as the “gokaden” (literally, “five traditions”), or the provinces of Yamato (today’s Nara ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more ... blade ever discovered in Japan is heavily oxidized after being buried in soil for centuries, making cleaning and restoration a drawn ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Hirakawa Yasuhiro is a master blacksmith for Sasuke in Sakai, Japan, who forges scissors with techniques that were used to make swords, knives, and weapons.

there’s no more quintessentially Japanese craft than sword making, something you can explore at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo and one of the many potential venues that make Japan a unique ...