Then you had better start saving now, Brother, because a genuine nihonto — made in Japan, from real tamahagane, in at least two different types of steel, folded and differentially hardened — will set...
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Then you had better start saving now, Brother, because a genuine nihonto — made in Japan, from real tamahagane, in at least two different types of steel, folded and differentially hardened — will set...
Another documentary, this time with a much more detailed look at the actual forging of the blade than in the other two documentaries. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwWf-MfZVk
Here's one of the other documentaries on the making of the Japanese sword. It contains much of the same footage — albeit sometimes from different viewing angles — and it also elaborates more on the...
The second movie was an abomination that even the director would later on distance himself from. He then released a "Director's Cut" version — I've seen both versions and I have the "Director's Cut"...
To offer more clarity regarding my "Highlander III" katana, here are a few pictures. These are not actually pictures of my own katana — i.e. they are pictures I found on the internet — but the sword...
Note: This thread was split off from the "I Am Woman, Listen" thread because an interesting side discussion sprung that had nothing to do with the original thread.
I have parked this new thread...