![]() Not cut a thing, with the leaves miraculously avoiding it at the last ![]() Muramasa's sword was said to have cut a leaf in half that simply touched To test the swords, each sword was held into the current of a stream. Impossible, as Samurai sword history records these two smiths as beingīorn almost 200 years apart!) challenging his 'master' to see who could Legend that sees Muramasa as Masamune's student (which actually was One story that best illustrates the differences between these Smiths is a Masamune were considered to be deeply spiritual, pure and benevolent. Swords being regarded as violent, brutish and evil while the swords of Of later smith known as Muramasa (approx 1500AD) - with Muramasa's In Japanese sword folklore, his swords are often contrasted with those Sword history regards Masamune's swords as some of the most beautifullyĬrafted Katana ever made, and his surviving swords are all priceless (called Nie), thought to resemble stars in the night sky. (temper line) of martensitic crystals embedded in pearlite matrix Tradition of sword making, which involved creating a unique hamon Masamune (also known as Goro Nyudo) was believed to have hailed from Sagami Province and is credited with creating the Soshu None of the Swords you made failed inĪmakuni had won back the Emperors favor and later died a happy and contended old man. The Emperor came up to the smith, and as he passed he said with a smile Returned from battle the following year, not a single sword was broken. Refining the methods he had developed, until finally, when the warriors The other sword smiths thought him quite mad. When Amakuni first presented his divinely inspired sword to the emperor, ![]() Without a word exactly what they must do, they set about creating the On the seventh night, the divine came to them both in a dream - a glowing image of a single edged, slightly curved blade.Īs soon as the first rays of the sun infiltrated the forge, each knowing There to create the perfect sword, and win back the Emperors lostįavor, Amakuni and his son locked themselves in the forge and prayedįeverishly to the Shinto gods for inspiration. That their failure was the result of incorrect forging. Noticed that as the warriors came back, most of their swords had beenīroken or badly damaged in the heat of battle.Īmakuni and his son inspected the damaged and broken blades and realized With great shame and horror, Amakuni's heart sunk when he Without so much as a word, instead of greeting him warmly as they One day, so this legend of Samurai sword history goes, after returningįrom battle the Emperor and his warriors passed by Amakuni's forge The provinces became the first Samurai.Īmakuni Yasutsuna and his son, Amakura, were the head smiths employed by the Emperor to make swords for his armies. It was during this time that Japan began to abandon suchĬlose cultural ties with China, it's society stabilized into classĭivisions, and the military guards of the capital and the gentlemen of Initially the first curved Japanese swords were curved at the tang only.īut by the end of the 10th century fully curved swords wereĬommonplace. However sometime during the early Heian period, around 700AD, the first uniquely Japanese swords that were the forerunners of the 'modern' Katana began to evolve. The first Japanese swords were basically variations of the Chinese Jian (called Chokuto) - in other words a straight, double edged iron blade, and were virtually indistinguishable from the Chinese swords of the era. Samurai sword history is roughly divided into four main time periods - Koto (the old sword period, pre 1596), Shinto/Shinshinto (1597 to 1876) Gendai (1877 to the end of world war II) and Shinsaku (modern).īut the earliest origins of this fascinating weapons can be traced back some 1300 years. Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA).Ultra Durable 'Beater' Katana under $400.Affordable Traditional Blades with 'Hamon'.
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