japanese swords

[chuckles]

Does anybody have imformation on traditional japanese swords/swordmaking?

 

[Knifeclerk]

There is a plethora of information on the net in general on the subject. But if you want to find any of it on this site, you may want to check out the Sword Forums section.

 

[S2nd]

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/japb/hd_japb.htm
This is as good a description on the blade's construction process as I've read.

http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/tsuka/tsuka.htm
This is a good page on the handle wrapping.

The hilt and the sheath get pretty involved too. The amount of work that goes into Japanese swords is seriously nothing short of insane.

 

[Cougar Allen]

Welcome to Bladeforums! I'll move this thread to the Sword Forum for you....

 

[yuzuha]

Here is a good site with lots of links
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

 

[muninn]

"Craft of the Japanese Sword" by Yoshindo Yoshihara is a great book. It goes right from start to finish from refining ore to the finished product.

 

[Robert.B]

craft of the japanese sword is considered a beginners book...but everyone starts from that book, ultimately to get deep into nihonto craft you need to be able to read japanese, the best texts are in japanese, mind you they are still great in the fact that the images gives you a close up look with high res images in all aspects of japanese swords. Ultimately though hands on is the best method of learning, which isnt an option for most.