The Samurai Sword Blog

Recently I was in Japan buying parts for the Ronin tamahagane katana line, which should be on sale next year. Between traveling from city to city collecting sword parts and books on katana, Paul Southren (Sword Buyer's Guide) and I stopped at a ninja shop to buy a few things and put on a shuriken throwing clinic for the Japanese. Lot's of ninja gear and samurai swords for sale, although none of the katana for sale were high end. …