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Gan Jiang and Mo Ye are a pair of famous swords forged by the Spring and Autumn master swordsmith Gan Jiang and his wife Mo Ye. The male sword Gan Jiang has a tortoise-shell pattern, while the female sword Mo Ye has a water-wave pattern. Yu Wang Jian: An ancient bronze Jian created by Yu the Great the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty.
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Muramasa – The katana forged by famous swordsmith Muramasa, it was rumored that it was a demonic sword that can curse the wielder to murder people. It also said that the demonic sword rumor was made by Ieyasu Tokugawa, the 1st Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate because he hated those swords made by Muramasa.
Sword of Freyr, the sword of the Norse god of summer Frey, it is a magic sword which fought on its own. Gambanteinn , a sword which appears in two poems in the Poetic Edda. Gram , the sword that Odin struck into the world tree Barnstokkr which only Sigmund the Völsung was able to pull out.
Professional swordsman Dave Rawlings broke down 11 sword fights in movies and TV, critiquing their realism and technique. Rawlings has over 15 years' experience teaching Western Swordsmanship.
Many legends surround Japanese swords, the most frequent being that the blades are folded an immense number of times, gaining magical properties in the meantime. While blades folded hundreds, thousands, or even millions of times are encountered in fiction, there is no record of real blades being folded more than around 20 times.
Professional swordsman Dave Rawlings reacts to 10 fight scenes featuring longswords and daggers and rates them based on their accuracy.
Manji uses many weapons, a good number of which came from defeated opponents. His two short, hooked swords are named ShidÅ ("Four Paths"). His two standard swords are named Imo-no-Kami Tatsumasa ("Sister Defender Tatsumasa"). His two chained scythes are called Mumei ("Nameless"). His double bladed sword-breaker is named Kotengu ("Little Devil ...