Composition of Katana

Yasurime: File marks on the Japanese sword stem

In addition to the shape of the nakakago, swordsmiths also put a certain pattern of stripes on the nakakago, called yasurime, which is called suridashi on the underside of the nakakago where the ya...

Sori-The radian of the blade

Sori refers to the radian characteristics of the blade, and the blade with different radians can be customized to the forging cutter according to user preferences. Different factions of forging cut...

Nakago-Japanese sword stem

Nakago refers to the part below the blade and attached to the hilt, which contains rich information in the identification of Japanese swords and is no less important than the blade.

Katana kissaki types

Kissaki refers to the part of the blade at the tip, and the boundary between the tip and the blade is called yokote, depending on the length and width of the blade as a whole, the area may be class...

Terminology and parts of a Katana

In the world of Katana, terminology and parts of a katana are very important as most of the Katana parts names use Japanese vocabulary and special nouns, this is also the most basic knowledge about...