| Capturing the spirit of old Japan and
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| | cutting edge faced upwards.
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| recognised by its deadly curvature, the
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| | The craft of forging katana samurai
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| samurai sword is widely recognised
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| | swords peaked during 1190 - 1337 - many
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| throughout the world as the most deadly
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| | of the swords from this area we're
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| of all Japanese weaponry. Although
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| | assigned national treasures. Thousands of
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| gaining modern fame and notoriety in
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| | swords are still circulated and collected
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| modern epic cinema in such films as The
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| | from more recent times; the most popular
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| Last Samurai and the Kill Bill series by
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| | 'collection' era's being WW1 and WW2.
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| Quentin Tarantino, samurai swords have
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| | eBay is a great place to find both old
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| long being an iconic symbol of Japan and
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| | and new samurai swords, but beware of
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| its history.
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| | what you're buying - a lot of swords sold
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| The most famous samurai sword, the
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| | today are machine replicas and only fit
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| Katana, is curved and bladed only on one
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| | for display purposes.
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| side - if you have seen Kill Bill, you
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| | There were however many types of samurai
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| will know exactly what I'm talking about.
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| | swords and the other often mentioned
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| The Katana was developed in the 10th
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| | includes shorter swords, one being the
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| century to enable Japanese calvery to
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| | wakizashi (shoto) and the tanto knife.
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| carry out surprise attacks on their enemy
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| | Only the samurai were allowed to carry
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| and was worn hung from the belt with the
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| | these as a pair.
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