CARBONDALE - The art of handling the sword - it is difficult to master but somehow, in some way, at any level, it always looks cool. Such is the case with Kevin Taylor's Shinkendo class, a gathering ...
At Fusahiro Shimojima’s workshop, in the industrial city of Saitama, fires rage in small pits and an earthen floor absorbs the din of hammering. The Japanese swordsmith pounds the nascent blade of his ...
chronicles the history of the samurai sword, which dates back to before the 10 th century. outlines the several-stage manufacturing process of making the katana, Japan's legendary samurai sword.