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Japanese Art Swords
Thomas Buck has articles on saya lacquering and tsuka-maki. Saya repair and tsuka-maki services in various styles are available.
http://pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/sword.htm
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Japanese Military Reference
Provides information on WWII Japanese military swords.
http://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/japanese/japanese.html
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Japanese Sword Index
Collecting information relating to Japanese swords (Nihonto), including sword history, identification, care, glossaries, swordsmith profiles and translation aids for kanji inscriptions, a discussion forum, and links.
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm
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The Story of the Japanese Sword
Demonstrates the process and techniques used to make Japanese swords.
http://www2.memenet.or.jp/kinugawa/english/sword/sword100.htm
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Blade Shark
Site for helping identify Chinese characters used on Japanese swords and fittings.
http://home.comcast.net/~bladeshark/
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Nihonto.ca
Includes both swords and fittings for sale, articles on swords photography, a screensaver and other useful links.
http://www.nihonto.ca/
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Information on Tsuba
Collection of articles specializing in sword hand guards (Tsuba), with bibliography, questions and answers, glossary and links.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jggilbert/tsuba.htm
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New York Sword Club
New York Token Kai, includes information on joining the club, meetings and newsletters.
http://www.ny-tokenkai.org/
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Where to see Nihonto (Japanese Sword)
List of locations housing collections of nihonto in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and rest of Europe. Includes links to each location.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/1135/sights.html
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Bugei Sword Discussion Forum
Public forum with section on sword appreciation, forging, use in sports, sword philosophy, samurai culture and tameshigiri.
http://www.swordforumbugei.com/
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