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Forging and Making of the Japanese Katanas - A Look Into Japanese Katanas

Author: Arun C Singh
Date Posted: April 27, 2009

The blade of a Japanese sword with a curved side of a single cut. It is made with special processes that includes heating, hammer-forging and hardening. The katana is very hard and his extremely sharp edge.

Making of Katanas are considered as an art, and as all good arts, it is signed with the autograph of the author.

The sword was modified to meet the needs of the samurai who wore can be wider or narrow, short or longer, with more or less curvature etc. These amendments will enhance the splendor of the weapon and marked the beginning of the golden age of Japanese sword.

The sword was considered the soul of the samurai and became the symbol of the warrior class leader at the time, so many were richly decorated and are considered true works of art.

Many people today own Japanese swords, just to get a sense of calm and cool because of its serene beauty.

The Katanas are a type of Japanese swords, but the term has become widespread and is used today for any type of Japanese sword. Are considered the best swords from a "technical" that there are curved and there are many types and sizes.

Strictly speaking the katana should have about 70 cm, the longest called Tachi and were used by cavalry. The short versions are the wakizashi and Kodachi, which would be equivalent to our daggers. Normally be equipped with a Samurai Katana to battle face to face and a short Wakizashi to kill by surprise as you have seen in many films. The photo is of a Katana blade forged 900 years ago by Sanjo Munechika, is arguably one of the oldest Katanas are kept and can see in the National Museum.

Katanas vs Wakizashi

The wakizashi is a sword is similar to the katana , but it has several differences .Both of these swords were carried by the ancient Japanese samurai a in the battle field. The wakizashi is generally considered the weaker sword, it is much more smaller than the katana, it is made with lesser caution, though ideally a person's physical factors ,can affect how strong this sword is, an person who is tall can hold a katana much better than a wakizashi. A guy who is short can hold a wakizashi, better than a katana. The katana has a back edge and has strips in its front, the wakizashi though has pointed front and both of it's sides are sharp. Much like a dagger. Both of these are carried along side each other, so that they can be used in different situations.

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