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- NOVA—secrets of the samurai sword www.pbs.org/nova/samurai Features facts about metals, information about the samurai code, the steps to make a samurai sword.
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(Program not available for streaming.) English archers had their longbows, Old West sheriffs had their six-guns, but Japan's samurai warriors had the most fearsome weapon of all: the razor-sharp, unsurpassed technology of the katana, or samurai sword. In this program, NOVA probes the centuries-old secrets that went into forging what many consider the perfect blade. Fifteen traditional Japanese craftsmen spent nearly six months creating the sword that NOVA follows through production, from smelting the ore to forging the steel to sharpening the blade to a keen edge capable of slicing through a row of warriors at one swoop.
Links Naginata Blade Construction Read about the forging, tempering, and polishing of the samurai sword at this Web site from the Southern California Naginata Federation. Steeluniversity.org Conduct your own virtual Charpy test and learn more about modern steel production at this award-winning Web site from the International Iron and Steel Institute. Lehigh University Institute for Metal Forming Lehigh University, one of the foremost schools that studies metals, offers information on current metals research on its Web site. The Tatara Iron Manufacturing Method Learn more about the origins of the tatara oven and how the pure steel known as tamahagane is made at this Web site. Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire Explore the culture that produced the samurai sword on this companion site to the PBS show. Articles 'The Forging of a Japanese Katana' by Michael Morimoto. Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation, June 14, 2004.
Books The Craft of the Japanese Sword by Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp, and Yoshindo Yoshihara. Kodansha International Ltd., 1987.
The Japanese Sword: A Comprehensive Guide by Kanzan Sato. Kodansha International, Ltd., 1983.
Samurai: The Story of Japan's Noble Warriors by Steven Turnbull. Collins and Brown, 2004. Related Links.
A modern-day swordsmith reverse engineers the ultimate weapon of the Middle Ages—a sword both prized and feared. Capture the essence of the Japanese samurai code of honor, from choosing life over death to stifling a yawn.
Explore the buried clay warriors, chariots, and bronze weapons of China's first emperor. In this time line, follow the millennium-long story of these legendary Japanese warriors. In this interactive, explore metal at the atomic level. Step by painstaking step, see what it takes to create this iconic Japanese weapon.
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David Pogue tests his mettle against the world's strongest stuff, from steel and Kevlar to bioengineered silk. Inca and conquistador soldiers had very different gear—and that made all the difference. Why defects make metal stronger, how hardness differs from toughness, and other marvels of this elemental substance.