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How to Properly Display and Store Your Sword

Aug 04, 2023

Filed under: antique,  appreciation,  bijutsutoken,  gendaito,  japanese sword,  katana,  maintenance,  newly forged,  samurai sword,  shirasaya,  tachi,  tang,  uchigatana

How to Properly Display and Store Your Sword Even if you purchase the Japanese sword of your dreams, you may not be able to fully showcase the beauty of your Japanese sword unless you display it properly. In this article, we would like to explain the proper way...

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What sizes are available for Japanese swords?

May 31, 2023

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What sizes are available for Japanese swords? Different types have different lengths and weights Length and Shape If you are thinking of collecting Japanese swords, you should know that there are different lengths and weights for different types of Japanese swords! By understanding this, you will be...

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The Manufacturing of Japanese Style Swords Abroad

Feb 01, 2023

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The Manufacturing of Japanese Style Swords Abroad What are Japanese swords? Simply put, Japanese swords or katana are made by a unique Japanese blacksmithing method and are assumed to have been crafted in Japan, but a Japanese sword cannot merely be characterized as a weapon. It has...

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Gokaden Part 3: Bizen-den

Oct 14, 2022

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Gokaden Part 3: Bizen-den High-quality iron sand produces numerous great swords There were master swordsmiths all over Japan, even outside of the Yamato and Yamashiro regions, but Bizen (present-day Okayama Prefecture) was the place that produced the greatest number of excellent swordsmiths. The term...

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