5 SIMPLE TECHNIQUES FOR KATANA SWORDS

Sword Students gather and analyze oshigata, or paper tang-rubbings, taken from the blade: to detect the mei, the hilt is taken off and the sword is held stage facet up. The mei is chiseled onto the tang to the facet which customarily faces far from the wearer's entire body even though remaining worn; Considering that the katana and wakizashi are co