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 ...

Making a Katana out of Titanium from scratch. You can see final results in the video, sword is absolutely awesome! Join this channel to get access to perks: <a href ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

As someone who deeply respects Japanese culture, I have always admired this sword. Japanese craftsmen have invested many years of their lives making a real work of art in the form of a Katana sword.

that Kitazaki’s real dream was to become a historian instead of a doctor. He liked war chronicles like “The Tale of the Heike” and was hugely attached to Japanese swords, she said.

It has been said that the samurai's sword was his soul. Perhaps this deep attachment had something to do with the perfect melding of form and function found in the katana, as the famous curved ...

The weapon is of keen interest because it is believed to be the prototype of “katana” swords worn by samurai ... many of them were never used in real fights or were newly forged, retaining ...