The katana blade is forged by master swordsmith Teruhira Kamiyama, while the aogai (mother-of-pearl inlay technique using abalone, turban, pearl oyster and other shells) blue shell lacquer scabbard is ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... up to 50 times more than ordinary steel made using modern methods.

He shuffles forward using suriashi, maintaining a good maai, or distance between them, and as one of the samurai attacks him, he draws his katana and ... because if they made a careless mistake ...