Samurai Swords, Katanas, Japanese Swords

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Samurai Swords For Sale Visit our Super Store for the finest collection of samurai swords, japanese swords, chinese swords and weapons, katanas, wakizashis, tantos, sets and other types of swords for collectors. Japanese Samurai Swords For Sale Visit our Brand New Samurai Sword Store for the truly unmatched collection of real, authentic japanese swords and samurai swords featuring manufacturers such as Cold Steel, Paul Chen, Thaitsuki, Imperial Forge and Ryumon, as well as Lord of the Rings and other Movie swords. Swords of the East Samurai Swords For Sale! Samurai Swords For Sale! Japanese Samurai Swords For Sale! Samurai Warrior Samurai Armor Samurai Armor for sale Contact Us / Enquiries Samurai Swords Fact Sheet The first real samurai swords we're actually straight bladed, single edged weapons imported from Korea and China known as chokuto, which were later replaced with the curved blade variety at the end of the 8th Century. The name of the curved blade swords which replaced them was Tachi. The reason for this transformation was samurai found that a curved sword could be drawn from the scabbard more swiftly and provided a far more effective cutting angle. The point of a samurai sword is called a Kissaki. This is the hardest part of the sword to polish and forge and to hand create a quality one would require an extremely skillful artisan. The value of a sword is determined largely by the quality of the point. Samurai swords practice and safety Samurai would use wooden swords (Bokken) for practice for safety reasons aswell as for preserving their real swords from unneccesary damage. The samurai would give names to their samurai swords as they believe in the sword lived their warrior spirit. Types of samurai swords There are three main types of samurai sword. 1: Katana: The longest type of sword, over 24inches, generally used for outdoor combat. 2: Wakizashi: Around a third shorter than the Katana at between 12 and 24 inches, this was worn in indoor establishments by samurai for its obvious better manouverability indoors. 3: Tanto: A small knife used in much the same manner as a Wakizashi. Making samurai swords As part of the samurai sword making process a sword tester took the new blade and cut through the bodies of corpses or condemned criminals. They started by cutting through the small bones of the body and moved up to the large bones. Test results were often recorded on the nakago (the metal piece attaching the sword blade to the handle). Shogun is the name of the most powerful samurai, and they would wear two samurai swords. A Katana and a Wakizashi. They had a license to dismember anybody who offended them. Early samurai would fight on horseback, and they're weaponry in addition to samurai swords was bows and arrows and of course armor.

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