Both types of tamahagane are now exactly where they need to be: the hard steel forms the sword's outer shell and deadly blade, while the tough steel serves as the katana's core. This perfect ...

Japanese craftsmen have invested many years of their lives making a real work of art in the form of a Katana sword. I have always dreamed of having a Katana sword in my collection, but not ...

Perhaps this deep attachment had something to do with the perfect melding of form and function found in the katana, as the famous curved sword is known in Japan. Invented a millennium ago ...