Samurai Swords

Mar
28

Tamahagane Steel Samurai Katana Sword – Hand forged Tanto by Takemoto

admin on March 28th, 2010

The Tamahagane (玉鋼?) is a type of Japanese steel. Loosely translated as “jewel steel”. It is mainly used to make Samurai swords, such as the katana. The steel is made from black sand.The most useful process is the folding, where the metals are forge welded, folded, and welded again, as many as 16 times. The [...]

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Mar
25

The Samurai Lives On

admin on March 25th, 2010

The Art Of The Samurai Still Lives On In today’s modern society, samurai and the art of sword fighting has an immediate appeal to many thousands of people. There has been a huge upsurge in students flocking to Dojos around the world looking to learn the art of the samurai, whether their hand combat techniques [...]

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Mar
24

Blades of Expo

admin on March 24th, 2010

These are some scenes from the Expo 2010 exhibition in Karachi I recently visited. These are from the blade makers’ stalls. Knives and all kinds of swords including samurai swords and traditional Islamic designs, concealed walking stick swords and kriss type blades and hunting knives can be made to order. The blades are made from [...]

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