DETAILS, FICTION AND KATANA FOR SALE

Sword scholars gather and study oshigata, or paper tang-rubbings, taken from a blade: to determine the mei, the hilt is taken out as well as the sword is held place side up. The mei is chiseled on to the tang within the facet which customarily faces from the wearer's body even though staying worn; since the katana and wakizashi are often worn With