Tameshigiri - The History and Development of Japanese Sword TestingThe legendary sharpness of Japanese swords is widely known, and through the activities of various martial arts practitioners information on tameshigiri has also become more accessible in the recent years. But, for a large part, this information focusses on modern cutting tests and only briefly discusses the historical aspect. As far as sword collectors are concerned, the subject of tameshigiri has been approached by several experts in the past, but