And after a 5 year apprenticeship and years of training he became one of the 180 sword smiths working across Japan. Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks ...

KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--A European-style rapier owned by a feudal-era warlord was actually forged in Japan, but who commissioned ... rapier and found that Japanese sword-producing techniques ...

And after a 5 year apprenticeship and years of training he became one of the 180 sword smiths working across Japan. Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks ...