A Japanese sword will outlast you if you care for it correctly. The same blade that has survived five centuries can be in your hands today — not despite being made of steel, but because every generation of owners understood...

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Few debates in the world of edged weapons generate more heat — and less light — than the comparison between the Japanese sword and the European sword. Online forums have argued it for decades; mythologies have calcified on both sides;...

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A collector in Germany discovered Tozando after three failed purchases from other online sources — two fakes and one piece with fabricated papers. His fourth attempt was different. The sword arrived with original NBTHK certification, a condition report with precise...

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Two names stand above all others in the mythology of the Japanese sword. One is spoken with reverence — the master whose blades embody spiritual perfection, whose greatest work has been lost to history for eighty years and may never...

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