Tag Archives: The Making of Japanese Swords

Kata: Making a sword pattern
A good to way to learn proper sword sugata, or silhouette, is… Continue reading

A tour of the forge
Wishing you a truly successful new year! This morning I fought my… Continue reading

The Making of a Sword – Blog Project
The Soulsmithing Web site has been up for years now, but it’s… Continue reading

Kiyota gets Doryoku-sho at the NBTHK 2007 forging competition!
Each year, the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (NBTHK – Society for… Continue reading

Kiyota joins his master's group and goes to Lithuania for a demonstration!
For the second time, the Kawachi Ichi-mon Kai (Mukansa smith Kawachi Kunihira’s… Continue reading