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1974
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NOVA
Secrets of the Samurai Sword 35 Season 1 Episode
55 min
1974
7.1
English archers had their longbows, Old West sheriffs had their six-guns, but Japanโs samurai warriors had the most fearsome weapon of all: the razor-sharp, unsurpassed technology of the katana, or samurai sword. In this program, NOVA probes the centuries-old secrets that went into forging what many consider the perfect blade. Fifteen traditional Japanese craftsmen spent nearly six months creating the sword that NOVA follows through production, from smelting the ore to forging the steel to sharpening the blade to a keen edge capable of slicing through a row of warriors at one swoop.
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