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Japans two most famous swords
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:33 am
by Grumpy
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Re: Japans two most famous swords
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:35 am
by xl_target
So what makes them famous?
Re: Japans two most famous swords
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:55 am
by Grumpy
Quality, age, history ....... It`s extraordinary how swords like this have such a long provenance. You`ll have to ask the Japanese though to get a more complete answer. The Katana Masamune is better made and obviously more beautiful ( and more desirable to me ) .... and was famous even three hundred years after it was made but is 200-300 years younger.