Samurai weapons

Japan is known for its silent weapon and polearm. The material of high quality and sophistication of the weapon manufacture matched with the austerity and elegance, whether it is a sword or a spear or even a pole, proved to protect the Samurai.

Samurai swords

The culture of Japan is known as the “culture of sword-blade and the brush” since there is no country where the martial arts traditions were so much closely intertwisted with the widely-spread culture of spirit and art, such as painting, calligraphy, versification. That’s interesting but the art of sword-blade weapon manufacturing has not been acknowledged as the high art anywhere as in Japan to make people get astonished so far in every corner of the world. Thus, the art of mastering such weapon has been brought to the extent as never done in any of countries. This relates to any weapon, whether it is the sword, poleaxe or spears and the short blade weapon.

Yari

It’s well-known that the Japanese swords come of high quality, as well as the Samurais are known to be highly skilled in mastering them but it is known to rare people that hand spears were popular in old Japan. A spear has always been the weapon of the Samurai to threaten enemies. Japanese spears have their own niche in the history of martial arts and the global arsenal of the polearms.

Naginata

Naginata comes as one of several kinds of Japanese blades made as a pole weapon. As a weapon naginata was previously used by the samurais, foot soldiers (ashigaru) and warrior monks (sohei).

Japanese sword making

…No other weapon is there in the world that is impressed by the courage of its own.

Rare mineral diggings are found in the south-west of Japan from ore of which the unique steel is produced. Ferrous malmrock is used as basic material which contains less admixtures unlike ore material.