| The first samurai swords we're actually | | | | sword. 1: Katana: The longest type of |
| straight bladed, single edged weapons | | | | sword, over 24inches, generally used for |
| imported from Korea and China known as | | | | outdoor combat. 2: Wakizashi: Around a |
| chokuto, which were later replaced with | | | | third shorter than the Katana at between |
| the curved blade variety at the end of | | | | 12 and 24 inches, this was worn in |
| the 8th Century. The name of the curved | | | | indoor establishments by samurai for its |
| blade swords which replaced them was | | | | obvious better manouverability indoors. |
| Tachi. The reason for this | | | | 3: Tanto: A small knife used in much the |
| transformation was samurai found that a | | | | same manner as a Wakizashi. |
| curved sword could be drawn from the | | | | As part of the samurai sword making |
| scabbard more swiftly and provided a far | | | | process a sword tester took the new |
| more effective cutting angle. | | | | blade and cut through the bodies of |
| The point of a samurai sword is called a | | | | corpses or condemned criminals. They |
| Kissaki. This is the hardest part of the | | | | started by cutting through the small |
| sword to polish and forge and to hand | | | | bones of the body and moved up to the |
| create a quality one would require an | | | | large bones. Test results were often |
| extremely skilful artisan. The value of | | | | recorded on the nakago (the metal piece |
| a sword is determined largely by the | | | | attaching the sword blade to the |
| quality of the point. | | | | handle). |
| Samurai would use wooden swords (Bokken) | | | | Shogun is the name of the most powerful |
| for practice for safety reasons as well | | | | samurai, and they would wear two samurai |
| as for preserving their real swords from | | | | swords. A Katana and a Wakizashi. They |
| unnecessary damage. | | | | had a license to dismember anybody who |
| The samurai would give names to their | | | | offended them. |
| swords as they believe in the sword | | | | Early samurai would fight on horseback, |
| lived their warrior spirit. | | | | and they're weaponry in addition to |
| There are three main types of samurai | | | | samurai swords was bows and arrows. |