When looking for a combination of quality and price the high carbon steel katanas seem to be most preferable and common in the market. These types of katana swords are usually favored due to their strong durability as a result of their chemical makeup. High carbon steel blades lack the chro...
There are generally three or four different types in shape --- Kanto, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya types of blades. Tuna-Kiri una Kiri or Maguro Bocho in Japanese is an extremely long & specialized Japanese knife to cut and fillet giant tuna. Its blade is usually 50cm to 90cm long. The ...
Let’s go guys. We’re getting right at it with probably the most famous of Japanese swords, the katana. I am quite certain that most people know katanas, because of their prominent appearance in modern pop culture. The katana is the sword that oftentimes gets referred to as “Samurai Sw...
Instead of tapering in a straight line, the edge is slightly curved outwards. Famous Japanese Samurai katanas featured this type of the edge.Semi-Convex or Asymmetrical Convex - Not very common, combines durability of the convex edge and ease of sharpening of the V edge, until the edge gets...
Katana (SFPP) The “katana” is a Japanese long sword, dating from the 14thCentury [Stone 339]; it had a small round hand-guard (tsuba) and a curved single-edged blade. We have no examples of its use in period heraldry orMon;as an artifact from outside period Europe, use of the ...