Real
Ninjas don't exist ? Check this Japanese Ninja
festival
When I was young, Ninja’s were IN…dozens
of Hollywood movies were made and we all wanted
to be (at least me) a real ninja some day. Very
soon , I discovered that I would never had the
skills to become a real ninja and decided to start
a Japanese sword shop one day to supply the ninjas
with good quality ninja
swords.
Could this be a fake Japanese Samurai Katana ?
We do get lot a lot of weird mails in our mailbox
and from time to time, there are people who are
offering us ‘real antique Japanese swords’. Whenever
I see that line in the subject, I already know
enough. Normally , I just hit the delete button
but this time...
In
our little sword shop, we have a lot of things to
deal with. Testing & improving products, searching
for
new samurai swords, dealing with manufacturers
and answering weird emails. Enjoy the blog !
What's New in our Sword Shop ?
Tamahagane
Tachi SwordNEW
This beautiful Tachi sword
is made by using the traditional Iron sand or tamahagane
in Japanese. The forging process used for this sword is
very different from the modern made mass production swords.
The base material from this tachi and from which tamahagane
is produced is called satestu or Iron sand if we translate
that to English.
Cheap
& Quality 9260 steel shinken for tameshigiri
Finally they’re available,
the new 9260 steel shinken. If you are doing tameshigiri
exercises on a regular base at your dojo (or at your home)
Cutting goza, multiple rolls of Tatami omote, bamboo and
other medium hard targets are no problem at all for this
sword.
Paul
Chen Praying Mantis Katana
This
Shobu Zukuri style katana is another new creation of the
smiths at the Hanwei Forge.
the style of blade that is used for this Praying Mantis
sword is the shobu-zukuri style. This type of style has
no abrupt change at the end of the sword and is in fact
more graceful.
Cheap
battle Ready Katana As you could read in some
of our blog posts, we found a new and very capable forge
during our last trip to China. After a lot of tweaking,
we finally got the first samples in the house and man
they rock !
New
Paul Chen Swords Catalog Download
now !
The new catalog of
Hanwei is on the way..You won't see any printed
version before June but they already released a
pdf version. Lot of new japanese swords are included
such as the Paper Crane daisho
which is built on a true Tamahagane blade and the
Praying Mantis and Oni katana,who are featuring
Bainite blades.
Hello There !
My Name is Yoszhiro and I would like to welcome You at our Online
Shop. Our Japanese Sword &Equipment shop was established in
2001 to provide the traditional and modern Japanese Budo practitioner
with the best equipment at reasonable prices.
All of our samurai sword (katana)
and other Japanese weapons are coming from renowned manufacturers.
Such as Paul
Chen (hanwei forge), Huanuo
Sword and the Zhui
Feng forge.We can also offer You custom made samurai swords.
Monosteel and Folded steel katana as well as laminated constructions,etc.Further
more, we do carry some Wooden
weapons (Bokken , Jo and Bo), samurai
sword stands and other accessoires.
If there's anything You can't
find, don't hesitate to contact me!
The
Forging process of a Japanese Sword
Through the histroy of the samurai, the forging process
used in the creation of authentic Japanese swords is
as much an art form as it is a science. The steps involved
have been refined throughout this sword’s history
however, even with all the technological advancements,
much of the work involved remains very similar to the
techniques developed...More
Samurai
Warriors & Weapons
Samurais evolved from saburais, guardians trained in
martial arts who accompanied the tax collectors. At
first, they were only mercenaries who served the emperor
or the noble clans but, along with their increasing
power and their victories came a new social status for
them. When Taira Kinyomori had the control over the
central government...More
The
Real Sword of the Samurais
Only swords that originated in Japan can be called "nihonto".
Thus, production or custom swords in katana style manufactured
in foreign countries such as China, can never be classified
as nihonto.Ancient Japanese swords were not curved but
straight and cast...More
