CTV Montreal: Live by the sword A master Japanese swordsmith is in town to teach an ancient art form at Les Forges de Montreal. In a recent seminar, seven men from around the world came to Montreal to ...

Few weapons achieve iconic status, but the samurai sword would definitely belong at the top of that short list. Samurai Sword: Making of a Legend examines the weapon's rich history, painstakingly ...

Forty years -- 40 years for one sword, 40 years to master one single technique. Half a lifetime for one katana. That's the time Shimpei Kawachi's father took to learn the method of "utsuri," which ...

Fusahiro Shimojima pulls a glowing red blade from the fire and hammers the long sword with a burst of sparks. Beads of sweat drip down his brow as he adds the final touches to weeks of work. These ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Sword making classes are being offered in parts of metro Atlanta this week. Greg Wenderski, lovingly known as the Sword Casting Guy, travels around the country teaching these ...

He’s Lord of the Kings! A Brooklynite with a love for blades turned his hobby into a full-time job teaching others how to make swords and other hand-crafted sharp objects at his studio in Red Hook. “I ...

Legend has it that this sword was the joint work of two sword makers, Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang. In order to make it, they brought stream water from Cishan Mountain to the seven ponds around the ...

CAVE SPRINGS -- Greg Wenderski realized children love swords. It occurred to him that a program on how to make a sword might be popular. Wenderski, who calls himself the Sword Casting Guy, is a middle ...

NARRATOR: The samurai were the heroes of ancient Japan. Still, today, their legend continues. The samurai's sword is one of the greatest fighting weapons of all time, perfectly engineered for close-up ...