Everything about Katana

The ronin, as a group of vagrants gradually developed into a civilian force group, the source of weapons must be very scarce, the productivity of ancient times is also very difficult to achieve a unified katana or unified katana with wakizashi, ronin can afford two swords is still a minority.

The art of sword making has deep cultural, spiritual and historical significance in Japan. tamahagane, the traditional method used to make swords, has been passed down from generation to generation and is a very important part of Japanese culture.

Tachi being used mainly from the late Heian Period (12th century) to the early Muromachi Period, and katana being used later than tachi, from about the middle of the Muromachi Period to the end of the Edo Period. Therefore, it can be said that katana is the successor of tachi.

The price of katana is very confusing, the cheap ones cost a few tens of dollars, while the more expensive ones cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, so how can you tell if a katana has value?