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The Art of Japanese Sword Polishing Setsuo Takaiwa, Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp
Publisher: Kodansha USA

A very exclusive short documentary about the traditional Japanese art of sword making. A few months ago my girlfriend bought me "the art of japanese sword polishing". Inspired by the 800-some year-old Katana, the art of Japanese sword making, Ananta is inspired and defined by the centuries-old metallurgy and finishing techniques and is Seiko's bid into the high status, affluent world of premium wristwatches. Impressionable mind, because that's where my original interest in things Japanese started. €�Iai” and “Do” means “the way of the sword”. If you're a watch Supposedly, the same techniques used to polish swords are applied to the metal on Ananta watches- and although that may be an exaggeration, the Ananta is a top-quality, top-finish watch. Sword polishers in Japan normally apprentice for about 10 years in order to acquire the vast knowledge of swords and sword history necessary to properly restore antique Nihonto. During that period I became involved in martial arts and also developed more of an interest in the sword. Seems too good to be true, yet while they are not a serious competitor to the martial arts grade swords we will look at in a moment, they are excellent bang for your buck. Iaido is the most common form of Japanese Swordsmanship, which emphasizes the drawing and returning of the sword to its scabbard. In this article, we will be taking an indepth look at these two main categories of commercially available swords on the market - swords that try to approximate authentic Japanese swords and the functional, yet contemporary, 'cutters and beaters' ( plus we will also check out the cheap ones a bit too, most are rubbish . Cheers Ford Hallam: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: I'm a Classically trained artist metalworker.