Top Swords

  A sword is a single-edged, curved blade with a hilt. The blade can be straight or curved. A real sword usually has either a sharp or flat section and sometimes both. This has led to swords being described as "double-edged," though no such blades exist, and "single-edged," which is inaccurate. Most swords are made from metal and historically were hand-forged and decorated with motifs that could be used to identify the smith, date the weapon or owner, or provide status information. Swords developed in different parts of the world at different times under different circumstances but share an overall design feature - the double-edged blade (which determines their pattern on Wikipedia). Swords are used primarily by the military but are also used for cutting meat, performing executions by beheading and attacking opponents in sporting events. Due to the complexity of accurately forging a sharp blade, real sword manufacture has become concentrated in specific commun...

The Japanese katana sword is widely considered to be the world's first and finest samurai sword; it was also one of the first mass-produced, hand-forged, long, and double-edged swords. It has been admired for its elegant simplicity and beauty as well as having versatile cutting ability. This sword was not intended to be worn on the belt but rather used unencumbered. The samurai sword is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade mounted into a plain or decorated hilt. The blade is usually made from a high-carbon steel, and often from folded steel. The metal of the blade is known as "tamahagane", of which the best material for making these swords was said to be sand taken from "Hōjōjii-no-umi" a sandbar of the Arakawa River between Ryūsenji and Kameido in what is now Tokyo. A Look Back At The Past Before the 12th century, the Japanese straight sword was curved and similar to a typical Chinese Dao sword. The "Chokut...