Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

Japanese swords are called "metal made art." The once lost techniques used to make them prior to the 16th century are now on the verge of rediscovery. Ancient swords such as this tachi displayed ...

But as fighting styles changed, Japanese swords became curved to make it easier to access while ... sword forging is one of Japan’s world-class traditional crafts, its value is not well ...

Master swordsmiths utilize traditional Japanese techniques passed down through generations to create each sword ... The ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... which he has shaped so it will make a snug fit into the channel and forges the ...

Japan's new head of the Ground Self-Defense ... weapons in perfect condition so they never have to be used. “Taking swords out means the operation has already half-failed,” he says.

An curved arrow pointing right. Hirakawa Yasuhiro is a master blacksmith for Sasuke in Sakai, Japan, who forges scissors with techniques that were used to make swords, knives, and weapons.

Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...