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Katana - is on the one hand its very elegant weapon. the other - deadly. In the rest - is the embodiment of elegant restraint and expediency, but as soon as the sword in the hands of a warrior katana becomes very powerful element - lightning and typhoon simultaneously.

Katana - it is a long Japanese sword. In its form resembles a sword, but the handle is not bent in the opposite side of the blade, as in the classic saber.

Katana appeared in the XV century and has been used since the end of the XIV century as a traditional Japanese samurai weapons.

In the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan) related to the katana is never limited to its purely utilitarian military purposes. According to Japanese mythology - the sword is one of the three sacred regalia, denoted by the symbol of valor. Sword has always been an object of worship and the main family heirloom that cherished as the apple of an eye. Swords, katana and in particular, always handed down from one generation to another.

Possession of the sword lauded its owner to a certain social level in society. Ordinary people such as farmers, merchants, craftsmen could not carry a weapon.

Katana always wore a sheathed behind his belt at such an angle that is hiding from the enemy the entire length of its blade. When a samurai entered the house, he took out his katana.

In case of conflict samurai sword held in his left hand in a state of combat readiness. If the sword in his right hand turned out to be a samurai, this is indicative of the fact that he came to the world - a kind of a sign of trust. Every time a samurai sat, katana he laid next to him within reach to any of the points to be fully prepared.
Today, all over the world katana sword - a rather popular artifact. As a gift, as a tool for learning about the world and themselves as a fashionable thing as a piece of art.

Every year comes a lot of movies where katana, to varying interpretations, plays a key role in the hands of her warrior. Almost all countries have craftsmen who create katana swords. Although, according to tradition, it is believed that the most experienced Japanese smiths considered. It is not surprising, as noted above, the birthplace of the katana is the Country of the Rising Sun. Yet they would not be true masters of their craft.

It is believed that in the world today survived nearly two million Japanese swords, but most of them - it's weapons officer of factory production, made in the second half of the IXX early XX centuries. and known as "Manchu".

Collector, buying a samurai sword, can get kind of passport with the time of manufacture, name of the school and are often named after the wizard. This document provides a highly respected throughout the world, the Japanese art of swords Conservation Society (Nihon Bijutsu Token Hoson Kuokai). Here adopted 4-speed classification of swords: particularly valuable, valuable, especially stored and finally just saved swords. This process produces two categories - "National Treasure" and "great heritage of culture." Especially valuable specimens now registered 117 pieces, about three thousand - securities.