The curved steel blades gleamed in the soft gallery lighting, as sharp and vicious-looking as when each was forged hundreds of years ago. The swords were the primary weapons of the samurai, the ...

Producers of a History Channel documentary made a mock-up of medieval European armor consisting of 1/16th-inch steel plating, backed by a quarter-inch of leather, backed by chainmail. The test? To ...

Japanese Samurai swords, known as katana, hold a special place in the world of weaponry and are revered for their exceptional craftsmanship and historical significance. Katana's unique design and ...

Swords are arguably the most represented form of weaponry in all fiction, besides maybe guns. Various societies from across human history used swords in some form, and in modern pop culture, they have ...