AIKUCHI - a tanto with no tsuba (guard)
AOI - hollyhock, commonly used as a Mon
ARA-NIE - coarse or large nie
ASHI - legs (streaks of nioi pointing do...
At first, clean the working area, prepare a full bucket of clean water.
HAZUYA is a very thin Uchigumori stone fixed with the paper.
Cut hazuya into t...
Those two custom-made katanas was made for US buyer David Lumb. he order this swords on May 17th, and we completed it on April 4, the following is the...
How to make a sword Shirasaya? This blog will introduce the processing and workmanship of making a japanese sword shirasaya. Shirasaya means plain woo...
How to distinguish fake and real Hamon? Before answering this question, you have to figure out what is the Hamon. Hamon is that wavy line on the cutti...
HanBon Forge supplies blade engravings custom service. We can engrave Chinese characters, English letters or Japanese kanji on the blade by engraving ...
The standard contemporary katana size is around 40 inches. However, the practical applications of the forms require a specific length or combination o...
