RUMORED BUZZ ON KATANA JAPANESE SWORD

Sword scholars accumulate and analyze oshigata, or paper tang-rubbings, taken from a blade: to recognize the mei, the hilt is eradicated plus the sword is held position aspect up. The mei is chiseled on to the tang within the side which historically faces far from the wearer's overall body while becoming worn; since the katana and wakizashi are alw