Curving the blade Next, the smith pulls the katana from the fire and plunges it into a trough of water in a rapid cool-down process called "quenching." Because the sword's back edge and inner core ...

Samurai swords, I think, are pretty dang cool.'” The Katana swords were a big hit with his teammates, who raved about the gifts last week. The Bengals quarterback allowed each one of his linemen ...