Sources and credits
Where the facts come from
SEKKI, its smith and its 24 blades are fictional. The swordsmithing is not: every number about tatara, folding, clay, the quench and the law is taken from the articles below.
Text sources
- Japanese swordsmithing · Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
- Japanese sword · Wikipedia
- Katana · Wikipedia
- Hamon (swordsmithing) · Wikipedia
- Tamahagane · Wikipedia
- Tatara (furnace) · Wikipedia
- Kokaji (Noh play) · Wikipedia
- Solar term and 二十四節気 · Wikipedia
Images
- Ogata Gekkō, Munechika, helped by a fox spirit, forging the blade Ko-Gitsune Maru · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Adolf Ledebur, Japanese tatara furnace, drawing published 1901 · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Every blade, billet, bloom and section is drawn in code by the site's steel model from the measurements on each blade page.
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Type
- Cheyenne Sans, Share Tech Mono, Zen Old Mincho · SIL Open Font License