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Japanese Sword "Mythbusting" - Part 2 Nagao Totomi no kami Katsukage 長尾遠江守勝景   wielding a sword in full armor; from Koetsu yusho den Takeda-ke nijushi-sho 甲越勇將傳武田家廾四將 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Disclaimer: I accidentally published this article before finishing it, so it is not complete yet. However, since it might required some time and it is mostly done, I think it would be nice to give to everyone a preview of what it would look like. Thank you! So here we are with the second part of this series where I will discuss other 5 myths regarding the Japanese swords. I strongly suggest you to read my first part , because it has an introduction to give you some "context" to which kind of myths I'm addressing here. Without further ado, let's continue with the myths. If you haven't, just to make sure, this is not the average mythbusting in which we will address how swords can't cut through steel, but rather how and why the Japanese swords were hist...

Japanese Swords "Mythbusting" - Part 1 Oyamada Bitchu no Kami Masatatsu 小山田備t中守昌辰 holding a Japanese sword while facing a volley of bullets,  from Koetsu yusho den Takeda-ke nijushi-sho 甲越勇將傳武田家廾四將 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Hello everyone and welcome back! The title is already quite self sufficient to explain the topic of this article, but I would like to write few forewords before starting this long but needed post on Japanese swords. First of all, for the usual readers, I have to apologize for the long time period with no post nor articles: currently I'm moving house in another country, and without being boring, this is a long process and requires some time, unfortunately. Nonetheless, I'm trying to stay as active as possible and for those who are waiting for an article or a reply to a comment, thank you for your patience and again, sorry for the delay. Another important premise is that this article won't be the average " katana mythbusting ...