It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...

The Realistic Katana Blades mod adds a darker and more defined hamon to all katana blades in the game. That's the geometric patterning towards the edge of a katana blade, with the darker metal ...

Katana works by swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara are seen in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Feb. 14, 2022. The one in the back shows beautiful "hamon" wave patterns along the edges of the blade.