Posts Tagged ‘sword’

US-Japan joint military exercise “Keen Sword 2010″

US-Japan joint military exercise in the Pacific Ocean east of Okinawa island, Japan, on December 10, 2010. Keen Sword, a large joint US/Japan military exercise held every two years, is evolving away from its Cold War roots. About 45000 soldiers, about 60 ships, about 400airplanes from Japan and USA participated in this exercise.Keen Sword 2010, [...]

Luke Lafontaine talks about the Myths about Japanese Sword (Katana)

Luke Lafontaine talks about the Myths about Japanese Sword (Katana)

What's a good Japanese sword name?

I made a katana that’s pretty dark in appearance. but I don’t know what to call it =/ I want it to have either the words dark, shadow, night or demon in it, in Japanese of course. and please, try to be creative -.- I hate getting simple answers, telling me to call the sword [...]

日本刀:来国俊(Japanese Sword – Rai Kunitoshi)鎌倉時代 正和五年十一月(1316年)

国宝。国俊七十六歳の作で傑作の1口。カメラはサンヨーザクティ DMX-HD1A なので暗いです。ガラス越しのオートフォーカスだったのでピント合わせが困難でした。観辛くてごめんなさい。

blacksmith .avi

seoulsword.com We are a company making the Korean traditional sword . As for the production method , the sword is made by beating metal (or iron) by traditional method and then annealed (or treated by heating) . This sword is used in cutting bamboo and Tatami mats made of straw , besides is made in [...]