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		<title>Japanese sword steel: Tamahagane</title>
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Traditionally, the steel used in Japanese  and Ninja sword making is &#8216;Tamahagane&#8216;.
Tamahagane
Steel is produced by combining iron with carbon. Carbon is  essential in sword making as without it iron on its own would be too soft to keep an &#8216;edge&#8217; for cutting. Steel can be manipulated, stretched and bent without snapping, to different degrees all due to the amount and ratio of carbon and iron it contains and the heat processes it is subjected to.
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		<title>Musashi Myamoto: The Book of Five Rings</title>
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Excerpt from &#8216;The Book of Five Rings&#8216; by Musashi Miyamoto, one of the greatest samurai warriors of old Japan.
&#8220;I have been many years training in the Way of strategy, called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven, pray to Kwannon, and kneel before Buddha. I ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai.</title>
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Excerpt from &#8216;Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai&#8216; by Tsunetomo Yamamoto.
Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, &#8220;What is the true meaning of the Way of the Samurai?&#8221; the person who would be able to answer promptly is rare. This is because it has not been established in one&#8217;s mind beforehand. From this, one&#8217;s unmindfulness of the Way can be known.
Negligence is an extreme thing.
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		<title>Sun-tzu: &#8220;The Art of War&#8221; at Ninja sword</title>
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Chapter  One: Calculations
Sun-tzu  said:
Warfare is  a great matter to a nation; it is the ground of death  and of life;
it is the way of survival  and of destruction, and must be examined.

Therefore, go through  it by means of five factors; compare them by means  of calculation, and determine their statuses:
One, Way, two, Heaven,  three, Ground, four, General, five, Law.

The Way is what causes  the people to have the same thinking as their superiors; they may be given death,  or ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese sword care: A Manual Published by the &#8216;Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai&#8217;.</title>
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This manual is taken from the NBTHK.
&#8220;Traditionally, the Japanese sword has been a most important treasure of the Japanese people. We should do what we can to preserve it in order to pay respect to our ancestors who created such a great form of art. Swords must be treated with utmost caution so as not to injure the handler. Precautions to protect them from scratches and rust are also necessary.

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		<title>Japanese sword terms</title>
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Here are some of the terms used in the craft of Japanese and Ninja sword making.
Boshi
The name of the hardened edge at the point of a blade.
Hamon
The pattern formed on the hardened edge on a Japanese sword.
Hamachi
The notch which marks the beginning of the sharpened edge of the blade.
Ji
The blade surface above the &#8216;hamon.&#8217;
Kissaki
The point of the blade.
Mei
The Signature of the maker.
Meguki-ana
A rivet hole in the metal where the handle will be.
Muni
Surface at the back of the sword.
Muni-machi
The notch marking the top of the tang opposite the ‘hamachi’
Nakago
The Tang.
Shinogi
Ridgeline.
Shinigiji
The ...]]></description>
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