Japanese Sword "Mythbusting" - Part 2 (WIP)
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