Tienda Medieval.- Swords, armas medievales, decoración medieval

A katana is a work of art in its purest form. Its lacquered, and gold silk blend harmoniously with its sharp steel, its light weight, its blunt cut, precision and maneuverability. For all this, were considered the most prized possession of the Samurai. Not only were used as weapons but also as ceremonial swords. The most popular were the “Tachi”, the “Katana’ and “Wakizashi”. The Tachi is more curved and slightly longer than the katana.

Blue Japanese Tachí

Also offered as exquisite gifts, because their handles were inlaid in precious metals and stones. By size would, longest to shortest, The Tachi, the Katana, Both the Wakizashi and.

Among collectors of art and swords, katanas are essential acquisition. Currently manufactured by combining traditional designs with modern materials, as stainless steel sheets 440, lacquered handles with attractive color combinations. In Spain are built on the famous Toledo steel (Toledo) and are renowned for their quality, to be faithful to the original and good price.

The Katana, longer, was aimed at fighting abroad and Wakizashi, shorter, was intended for combat at close range. Another was the weapon of the Samurai Both, smaller than the other two. All these were symbols of value, honor, authority and force.

The Samurai were the imperial palace guards carrying swords, counted under the auspices of a man who served and it provided them with the necessary equipment. The samurai were governed by a strict code of ethics known as Bushido code.

The honor and loyalty to his lord contained the highest values of a samurai. Should be completely faithful to the emperor, Although this would give his own life.

At age 15 years, in a ceremony known as Genpuku, the child received an adult name and became samurai. This entitled him to wear a katana, although usually was secured with ropes to prevent accidental unsheathe. Katana y wakizashi (Sword of smaller size than the katana as a weapon that used auxiliary), served both to protect the honor of its host, to run the Seppuku, together were known as daisho, which means, literally, Big and Small.

Being complicated subject with ties to prevent accidental unsheathe, was due to the belief that a carrier was a master katana giver of life and death; if he drew a katana was to be used, and said that the soul of a katana claimed a victim in compensation for having raised (desenvainado).

From the twelfth century, Japan did not exist in greatest treasure these splendid katanas. Japanese dealers that produced, work began with a ritual cleansing of body and mind. Wore white, strict diets were dispensed with the pleasures that might distract them from their deadly masterpieces.

Rice paper hanging around the forge to ward off evil spirits, and could take two years of meticulous work by a single katana, to achieve the proper degree of hardness, flexibility and cutting edge, with its beautiful design. The blacksmith had his creation by Samurai, who gave a name for himself on his sword.

Their care is so important that you can buy boxes with katana cleaning kit, including: Metal Hammer (mekugi), vegetable oil (koji), rice paper (Harai range), abrasive powder ball (uchiko) and soft fabric for maintenance (erufu).

Wooden box with katana cleaning kit

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