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Japanese SwordsThe Japanese sword combines unbreakability,rigity,and lethal cutting power,and it is in there solution of these conflicting practical requirements that it emerges as a triumph of the forger's art. Japanese Swords MystiqueThe mystique of the sword lingers on in our age of mechanized combat,but the aesthetic qualities for which swords are most valued by collectors today-the liveliness of the metal"skin",the confidence in every aspect of the design,the scrolling temper-line,the almost buoyant lightness of the hilt when the blade is held in the hand-all derive from what the Japanese sword demanded as a symbol of strength and as a weapon. As an instrument of clear persuasion,no other blade anywhere has ever been its equal. Japanese Sword BeginningIt was probably after the Stone Age and during the Iron Age the techniques of sword manufacture were first introduced to Japan from the mainland of Asia. It is not clear exactly when this happened but from an examination of the swords which have been excavated from Tumulial lover Japan archeologists have suggested the fourth century A.D.as a likely upper limit. Of courses words probably existed before the fourth century but it was around that time that they came into widespread use.
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