Explore the traditional process of making Japanese knives and samurai swords at the Sakai Mizuno Forge in Osaka, an iconic ...

It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...

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 ...

The samurai long sword -- or "katana" -- has a cultural resonance throughout Japan, a symbol of its history. This 13th-century samurai sword was sold by Christies New York in 1992 for $418,000.

Japanese swordsmiths have been fashioning these delicate and deadly blades, also known as katana, for over a millennium, but there is none that has matched the sword known as the Honjo Masamune.

The blade of this Sword is almost 62 cm (≈24 in.) made up of Hard Carbon steel, later on after restoration the overall length including hilt is ≈ 76 cm ... Rusty Katana Sword RESTORATION.

Samurai swords still have an important legacy in Japan Gassan Sadatoshi's family still carries the passion to create the perfect blade, as it has been for hundreds of years in Nara, Japan. To stream ...

These days, most folks know tantos as Japanese-inspired blade shapes, with curves reminiscent of katana swords.However, the style originates as its own standalone knife — a short knife used by samurai ...

In honour of the Japanese katana sword “Juryoku-Maru: San”, Casio Computer Co Ltd has released a new addition to the MR-G line. The latest MRG-B2000JS, flagship of the G-Shock brand of shock ...