Hands On Look at the Evolution of Samurai Swords Japanese swords

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There is no exact recorded year that the first sword of each type was made, since there were many smiths working in many areas with different ways of making even the same kind of sword. As such, this is a general progression of how the swords evolved. Lots of overlap since a new type of sword didn't make the old one immediately obsolete, especially not nationwide. • General Timeline • Tsurugi: 200BC to present • Chokuto: Kofun (300CE) to Heian • Warabite: 6th to 8th century • Tanto: Mid-Heian to present • Kogarasu Maru: 8th century to ??? • Tachi: Heian to present • Nodachi: Heian to present • Nagamaki: Kamakura to present • Uchigatana: Muromachi • Wakizashi: Muromachi to present • Katana: Early muromachi to present • Ancient: Pre 710 • Nara: 710 to 794 • Heian: 794 to 1192 • Kamakura: 1192 to 1333 • Muromachi: 1336 to 1573 • Azuchi-Momoyama: 1573 to 1603 • • Ways to support the channel: • Iron Mountain Armory affiliate link • https://shop.samurai-armor.com/?link=... • My Patreon page • / samuraijames • My Ko-Fi page • https://ko-fi.com/samuraijames

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