fantastic video Alex what a great man Martin is just taut me every thing i know about Japanese swords and what book to buy really enjoyed this thanks Alex and Martin all the best
Swords with Showa or Seki stamps is not aloud to evaluate, only stamped swords can get evaluation is a Arsenal stamp ( Star ), this rule is around 15 years ago. Because they considered es a traditional made, other ones is considered non-traditional made.
The man knows a lot of these things. But please,… stop touching the blade with your bare hands! This steel is not stainless steel. The oils and the moister on your fingers can leave corosion and rust after on the metal. 😥
Yes, I see your point but these guys felt they were honoring their ancestors by taking the family blade into battle. Asian culture is very big on honoring its ancestors.
Blades got destroyed at the end of ww2, the blade its self is the sword. Very fine examples got destroyed. I know a few Spirit's ment for being destroyed had been saved. If Officers where told the history of national treasures, they weren't destroyed.
Hello sir can you tell me which other sword used by japan in world war 2 samurai sword tell their names can you send me in writing your student thank you sir
@@SARDOG I guess what I meant was first know documented explanation or mention. Near the beginning of a certain time or mention is a dictionary definition, but I'm sure you knew that.
@@leebodean1493if you are talking the first Katanas they had to take special sand with high iron concentration. Melt it down and fold and beat the impurities out of the material countless times till you got a medium or high carbon steel that you could then turn into a sword. Japan apparently had very few dedicated iron deposits so they had to use a time intensive method to get the iron for the steel they needed.
