THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO KATANA SWORDS

Sword Students gather and analyze oshigata, or paper tang-rubbings, taken from the blade: to detect the mei, the hilt is taken off as well as the sword is held level facet up. The mei is chiseled onto the tang within the side which customarily faces faraway from the wearer's body though being worn; Considering that the katana and wakizashi are gene