When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

Naoe's standard weapon is a katana, a slim sword with a good balance ... Finally, for pure stealth approaches, the Tanto and Hidden Blade combo allows for lightning fast stabs, dubbed "the ideal ...

When going outside, they carry two swords. Inside rooms they would carry a short katana like the one I'm holding, called a tanto. This short sword would usually be worn by high-ranking chiefs and ...