Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill the hearts of any foe with terror, Japan's famous samurai warriors also had ...

The new Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai" has renewed interest in the warriors of feudal Japan as mythologized in such films as "The Seven Samurai." But students of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, ...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Adam Savage finally checks off a lifelong dream by holding an authentic 17th century samurai sword, and the moment is as powerful as you’d expect. Joined by ...

It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths who know how to do it. At Nippon Genshosha, a sword workshop on Japan’s ...

Making a Katana out of Titanium from scratch. You can see final results in the video, sword is absolutely awesome!