Few weapons achieve iconic status, but the samurai sword would definitely belong at the top of that short list. Samurai Sword: Making of a Legend examines the weapon's rich history, painstakingly ...
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 ...
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The real weapons samurai used, and the myths movies got wrong
Few historical warrior classes evoke the same sort of fascination as the samurai in popular culture. Samurai came to ...
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