Japanese Katana

Aug
15

All about the Katana Sword

admin on August 15th, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The Katana is a curved, single-edged Japanese sword traditionally used by the samurai. Pronounced [kah-tah-nah] in the kun’yomi (Japanese reading) of the kanji, the word has been adopted as a loan word by the English language; as Japanese does not have separate plural and singular forms, both “katanas” and “katana” are considered [...]

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Feb
1

A brief history of the Samurai Sword

admin on February 1st, 2010

The history of the Japanese Samuari sword is one that goes back many hundreds of years, with the first signs of the Japanese swords being traced back to around thirteen hundred years ago. The very first blades were a basic variant of the Chinese straight bladed, double edged sword called a jian. The very first [...]

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Dec
31

THE BLACK OBAKE 妖怪 1.25 Inch Deep Sori Tameshigiri Japanese Samurai Sword by HAZAMA YAKIBA

admin on December 31st, 2009

Visit “HAZ” at: MyWorld.eBay.com – Watch this video in “HQ” & FULL SCREEN. THE BLACK OBAKE (obakemono) Japanese Katana with its 1.25 inch Deep Sori (blade curvature) is a fully hand-forged clay tempered and differentially hardened Tameshigiri Quality Sica shaped cutter possessing a bright and authentic Notare Hamon (temperline). Created from a select grade of [...]

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