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| #1159196 in Books | 2012-09-07 | 2012-09-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.50 x.69 x7.50l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 168 pages||58 of 60 people found the following review helpful.| A must for collectors, swordsmiths, and martial artists...|By Joss Delage|This book goes into the details of the making of a Japanese sword. I own Sato's "The Japanese Sword : A Comprehensive Guide" as well as Yumoto's "Samurai Sword a Handbook", and they are clearly not as complete as that one (esp. Sato's.) "The Craft of the Japanese Sword" is amazing in that it|About the Author|LEON KAPP is a molecular biologist at the University of California in San Francisco. He has studied swordmaking in Japan at the forge of the swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara.|||HIROKO KAPP was active as a graphic artist in Tokyo for t
Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years after World War II, the age-old techniques were in danger of being lost forever. Today, in the hands of a new generation of practitioners, the craft is making a startling comeback. Connoisseurs say that the swords being produced now are the equal of anything made in Japan in ...
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