If watching these videos has you thinking of a great flame katana idea of your own, Kiwamu takes requests/commissions through his website here. That can depend somewhat on how you define a real katana. As such, we can’t say if his green fire video is the result of special chemical components or infusing the blade with wind and earth-based elemental spirits, but we can say that it looks amazing.įinally, in perhaps Kiwamu’s best example of an as-awesome-as-this-looks-don’t-try-it-at-home video, here he is wielding his flame katana in a traditional Japanese room made of paper walls, reed floors, and other combustible building materials. Kiwamu doesn’t reveal how he produces his swords of flame, either to maintain an aura of mystery or to keep clans of evil ninja from using that knowledge to take over the world. If that short clip above has you wanting to see more (and we’re sure it does), here’s the full-length version of his latest project.Īnd if you want to know how intimidating it’d be to fight a swordsman who can do this, here’s a front-view angle.
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Kiwamu, who introduces himself with an understated “I’m a person who makes fire look beautiful” in his Twitter profile, has created an entire series of videos where the slashes of his sword send out arcs of fire. Once you get used to images like that, the swing of an actual katana can seem kind of anticlimactic…unless it’s katana visual artist Kiwamu Miyakubo who’s swinging the sword. So by this point, I think we’re all in agreement that katana are pretty cool, right? However, there’s a bit of a problem that sometimes dulls their awesomeness. For a lot of us growing up in the modern era, we’ve grown up seeing Japanese swords in anime and video games that are imbued with enchanted powers and spray waves of magical energy, like this. Most modern katanas do not feature tamahagane steel.Swords that slash with arcs of fire are possible in real life, and awesome.These patterns are a result of the folding of steel layers to form the katana, and the craftsmanship necessary to reveal these patterns is highly revered When researching an antique katana, look for patterns that appear on the steel blade.
They allowed samurais to draw a sword and strike an opponent in one single motion
First finding a home under the guidance of the Batman as a part of his team the Outsiders, Katana eventually served as a part of the Suicide Squad, and later, became a member of the Birds of Prey as well the Justice League of America. When worn, katanas have the cutting edge facing upward and the signature facing outward. The Japanese sword of the samurai warriors, a strong symbol of power, martial spirit, honour, can also be called katana. Calling herself Katana, named after the sword she now wielded, Tatsu embarked on a mission to bring to justice those who had harmed the innocent. The name "katana" is specific to long swords that have been signed "katana." These are not to be confused with the older tachi style swords.
Antique katanas are usually made of several layers of tamahagane steel that are smelted together featuring a slightly curved blade. First developed during the Muromachi period (1392-1573), katana swords are still made to this day, but with less traditional materials. One of the main weapons of choice of feudal Japanese samurai was the katana sword.
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