IMPORTANT: Please read!

All of the links contained herein are not endorsed by the Sword Club. The section is meant to provide an organized and comprehensive range of sword-related websites in order to simplify your search and perhaps contribute to your knowledge. Consider it the best means we have of thanking our contributors for their sword-related artwork! However, given the nature of sword retail and martial arts, online or otherwise, it is important to place all sword dealers/practitioners under the utmost amount of scrutiny before buying/learning from what you may come across here or elsewhere.

Quite simply, many retailers sell low-quality knock-offs and many martial artists do not know what they’re doing! This is where you come in. Because we do not have the time to conduct in-depth examinations of the links we post, we request that, if you have had any negative experience with a website listed below, please inform us immediately and the site will be removed.

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On a more positive note, all sites recommended by our members will be examined and taken into consideration for posting, so please contribute! Hopefully the list will become larger, and thus more helpful, as time goes on.

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Finally, the Links section will be undergoing numerous changes over the next little while as we work towards the most efficient system.


Commercial Sword Suppliers

Marto - [link]
Dynasty Forge - [link]
Tozando - [link]
Kris Cutlery – [link]
Mantis Swords - [link]
Bugei Blades - [link]
Don Fogg - [link]
Howard Clark - [link]
AtrimASA - [link]
Martial Art Swords - [link]
Darksword Armoury - [link]

Technical

Japanese sword-making process:
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Japanese sword-polishing process:
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Japanese handle-making process:
Tsuka: [link]
Tsuba: [link]

Information on treatment of different metals:
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Japanese clay-tempering process:
[link]


Technique

Japanese katana holding technique:
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Weight training for Iaido:
[link]


Miscellaneous

The Sword Forum International:
[link]

Fencing.net:
[link]

Sword and knife-makers around the world:
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Japanese ‘great sword’:
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Information on Aiki Batto, including media, info and technique
[link]


Media (Images, Video)

Muso Shinden Iai Demonstration:
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Kendo World’s video section:
[link]

ShinKendo Demonstration (direct video link):
[link]

Miscellaneous Cutting Videos
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