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Have you heard of “KATANAKIZU”?

Have you heard of “KATANAKIZU”?

Have you heard of “KATANAKIZU”? KATANAKIZU refers to a wound caused by a sword cut. If you are lightly cut by a sword, you won’t bleed immediately. You’ll feel a slight pain at the moment of the cut, but it...

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About Rust on Japanese Swords

About Rust on Japanese Swords

A common misconception is that some people vehemently argue in museums that “iron objects cannot possibly last for hundreds of years.” Swords have survived not just for hundreds of years, but for over a thousand, precisely because their past owners...

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