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Japanese Sword mountings include saya, kashira, seppa, fuchi, habaki, menuki, tsuba etc. The tsuba (鍔, or 鐔) is a guard at the end of the grip of bladed Japanese weapons, which is mostly meant to be used to prevent the hand from sliding onto the blad..

1. The first step: Prepare related equipment  The necessary ones are: Mekuginuki (Mekugi removal tool), Hammer and Splint (Used to remove stuck tsuka), Cotton Cloth (Cleaning), Softwood Block.     2. Drawing  Must have a correct sitting postur..

Japanese sword mountings that hold the blade of a Japanese sword are very particular, there are different types of mountings in different periods. According to the different mountings, the samurai worrior carries swords in different ways. It's no won..

The "clay tempered" is generally known as the "soil-burning edge". It was passed from the early Tang Dynasty. Japan used the forging process that was very critical in the process of forging swords since ancient times. The swordsmith first uses the p..

Samurai sword history dates back to over 1300 years ago, which is roughly divided into four main periods - Koto (the old sword period, pre 1596), Shinto/Shinshinto (1597 to 1876) Gendai (1877 to the end of world war II) and the modern period known ..

 The tip or point area of a samurai sword that has a ridge line (shinogi) is called a Kissaki. This is the hardest part of the sword to polish and forge and to hand create a quality one would require an extremely skilful artisan. The value of a sword..

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, ..

  GYAKU-KOBUSE Steel     c = core steel  o = outer steel  Reverse wrapping = GYAKU-KOBUSE  The Kobuse steel is constructed of two different kinds of steel, the core steel and the outer steel, where the core steel is wrapped with the outer st..

Tamahagane (玉鋼 / "jewel steel") is a type of steel made in the Japanese tradition. The word tama means "round and precious", like a gem. The word hagane means "steel". Tamahagane is produced from iron sand, and mainly used to make Samurai swords, suc..

  When we think of samurai, what is the symbol that comes to mind? Whenever there is any discussion of historical warfare and the importance of sword-fighting skills, the word “Samurai” always makes its way into the middle of the conversation. For..

Don't know what katana is really suitable for you or just want to learn more about the Japanese sword ?   Katanas have long had historical significance, you can see from numerous Hollywood debuts in movies such as Kill Bill, The Last Samurai, 47 Ro..

Do you know the difference between 9260 spring steel and 1095 steel, which steel is more stronger?   9260 spring steel   9260 Spring Steel (also called Silicon Manganese Steel) consists of 2% silicon content, giving it an even more dramatic resil..