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How to fix loose saya?

zhang 13/05/2021 0

A good katana manufacturer will ensure that each sword is firmly placed in its saya. Despite the best efforts, sometimes the sword will loosen in its sheath or over time as it is drawn repeatedly. Correct Gasket filling with silicone grease is the preferred method for fastening katana, wakizashi or tanto in its sheath.You will need: -Wood veneer ed...

What is Japanese Kodachi?

zhang 10/05/2021 0

Kodachi (小太刀, こだち) means "short sword" and is a traditional Japanese sword wielded by samurai warriors in the feudal era of Japan. It's characteristic is that it is shorter than a sword body such as a Katana, and thus has the same name as its own. But don't let this fool you into thinking that kodachi is a lackluster weapon. On the contrary, it was...

Roles and Value of Katana, Wakizashi

zhang 18/07/2018 0

Katana is a generic term for swords forged in the originally developed way in Japan. Japanese samurai swords were worn by warriors of the ruling elite during the middle ages right up to the modern era and acted as much as status symbols as they did weapons. They often came as a set of two, a katana which is the longer of the pair and was used to ...

Types of Samurai Swords

zhang 30/05/2018 1

The combat skills of Samurai are greatly complemented by the strength of the sword they possess. Samurai possessed many different kinds of swords, which went through many changes in their design over the years. Some of these are: chokutu, kodachi, tachi, katana, odachi, wakizashi ,tanto and uchigatana. They all had their own qualities and were used...

Customized Clay Tempered Folded Steel Japanese Sword Set With Hualee Saya

30/09/2016 0

Customized Clay Tempered Folded Steel Japanese Sword Set With Hualee Saya This is a Japanese sword set which includes Katana, Wakizashi and Tanto sword. It is for our US customer. The construction of the blade is Unokubi Zukuri. There is one big Hi (blood groove) on each side which is from Habaki to the middle of the blade, The thickness on the bac...

Customized Damascus Steel Wakizashi Red Blade Japanese Sword

22/09/2016 0

Customized Damascus Steel Wakizashi Red Blade Japanese Sword This is a customized Wakizashi sword for one US customer. It comes with a red color blade. The blade was made of damascus folded steel with 13 times folding to create the 8192 layers, which cast flexibility and hardness of the blade in a large degree. The blade is etched with an oxidation...

Japanese Sword Using Difference Of Katana And Wakizashi

09/09/2016 0

Japanese Sword Using Difference Of Katana And Wakizashi Katana is suitable for long distance attacks. In actual combat, japanese sword users use katana more frequently than wakizashi because of its superiority of length. Nowdays, because its long length of blade, it is not suitable to wear. What's more, it becomes a symbol of identity. Wakizash...

Japanese Sword In Famous Movies

29/08/2016 0

Japanese Sword In Famous Movies Japanese sword (日本刀,nihontō) is one of most traditionally swords which come from Japan. There are many types of Japanese swords that different from size, shape, field of application and method of manufacture. Some of the more commonly known types of Japanese swords are the Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata and Tachi...

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