THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO KATANA SWORDS

Tsurugi/Ken (剣, "sword"): A straight two edged sword which was mainly developed ahead of the tenth century. After the tenth century, they wholly disappeared as weapons and came to be built only as offerings to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. from the Muromachi period of time (which spaned 1337 to 1573) the swordsmiths labored to great the