KATANA SWORD STORE FUNDAMENTALS EXPLAINED

Japanese Edo period Wooden block print (ca 1735) of the samurai using a tachi and also a wakizashi (or kodachi) The word katana very first appears in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720.It is actually solitary-edged, permitting the again in the blade (mune) to be designed thicker and even more strong even though the cutting edge (ha) is often razor-