From anime fans to martial artists, demand for Japanese swords has never been higher — here's how to navigate the market and ...

Making a Katana from titanium or how I made a Katana sword from titanium, to be honest, I myself did not figure out the name. I'll leave this question to the viewer's judgment, to share your opinion ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

In this video we will show how to forge a katana from an old bearing. We forged an old bearing from a railway locomotive into ...

There are several unique aspects of Japanese swordsmithing, and that goes right down to the material used. Katana are traditionally forged with what’s called tamahagane, which literally means “ball ...

There’s something about forging a sword that’s deeply satisfying. The banging of the red-hot steel with hammers. The hissing of steam as the steel’s cooled in a pool of water. Grinding the blade down ...