Online Japanese Sword Resources?

[wintermute]

I purchased a katana about 12 years ago. Back then I read up on everything on those things. I had a shira-saya made up for it, loved it. Interests change over time and now when I look at it, I find that I don't remember much about the sword. I can't describe it anymore using Japanese words, and there are few things that I can point out, e.g., that the tang was shortened like most swords during WWII. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of any online resources I could use to "get back in touch" with the sword. Thanks.

 

[darth kcorbe]

http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/nihonto.htm

http://www.tsukamaki.net/

http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/tsuka/tsuka.htm

http://www.arscives.com/historysteel/japaneseintroduction.htm

http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/care/handling.htm

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

enjoy.