It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...

More specifically, LignoSat is made with honoki, a magnolia tree native to Japan whose wood was historically used to craft samurai sword sheaths. The origins of LignoSat (named after the Latin ...

However, Gintoki carried a wooden sword, adhering to his Samurai spirit. Gintoki’s Toyako Bokuto is not an ordinary sword in Gintama Gintoki's Toyako Bokuto, as seen in Gintama Episode 29 (Image ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

Though the sword’s handle is damaged by heat, its wood and some of its wrappings are intact. The handle was swathed in textile and the skin of a stingray—commonly applied to Japanese sword ...