You want to get a katana. But you don’t know where to start? Well, follow these steps. Step 1: Figure Out Your Reasons ...

And after a 5 year apprenticeship and years of training he became one of the 180 sword smiths working across Japan. Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... properties is what made the katana the samurai's most durable and prized weapon.

The weapon is of keen interest because it is believed to be the prototype of “katana” swords worn by samurai warriors at the waist during the Edo Period. Swords dedicated to Kasuga Taisha are ...

The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word ... learned to use traditional samurai weapons such as the bow, while the samurai became adept with the famed katana sword. Although crude Chinese ...

Rating: 8/10 "The Last Samurai" (2003) All samurai carry katana. When going outside, they carry two swords. Inside rooms they would carry a short katana like the one I'm holding, called a tanto.

The new MRG-B2000JS honors the Jyuroku-Maru: San, the Japanese katana sword commissioned by Casio for the MR-G line of timepieces, embodying the strength and beauty of this one-of-a-kind sword. This ...

Continuing to expand on its arsenal of samurai-inspired ... San,” an original katana that was specially commissioned by Casio. The sword was forged by leading Japanese master swordsmith ...