How to Become a Japanese Swordmaker (Part 1)

[@JR_Hoekstra]

They allow her to film the sword making process because they know, "A lot of guys watch Bruce Lee movies. Doesn’t mean they can do karate" - Bobby Axelrod

[@bubbaparrish1454]

The making of the katana was my favorite part of the series

[@XenoWiz]

Found one of your shorts thanks for all ur videos, You must have some really cool travel stories doing docs for PBS I feel my kids don't watch enough of them I'm sure a stickler for stuff like this. I hope you are well safe travels.

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Thank you, XenoWiz! You are insightful - I created this channel for teachers so that they would have classroom materials that might intrigue their students. I'm glad it has spread beyond that to thoughtful viewers like you!

[@xXdarkdekuXx]

What an amazing video

[@delmarhi]

Wow! How have I never seen this? This is an awesome video……

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Thank you, @delmarhi!

[@OurHumanPlanet]

:) Thank you!

[@tilileix214]

This is so underrated…

[@dcatura1]

**FACTS!!** Vastly criminally underrated. 3.3k views over 6 years is the literally deft of “Crimes against humanity”!!!

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Haha - THANK YOU, dcatura1!

[@TexasIsACountry]

This was the History Channel used to be before Ancient Aliens takeover

[@Redtomato7]

@@dcatura1

[@deagle2yadome696]

how did they do it before the machine

[@dcatura1]

This video is over 6 years old, and only has 3.3k views?!? This is an awesome, yet criminally underrated video. It’s truly a very sad sad world when creators like the one who produced this video are not given the credit they truly deserved. This video, and Part II, should have at least 5 million views between the two of them. Absolutely bananas that this doesn’t have 10k views… “But it’s not Mr Beast.” - Every uncultured & ignorant moron on Earth

[@OurHumanPlanet]

Thank you for your kind words, dcatura1! You motivate me to try harder and shoot more stories....

[@delmarhi]

It is honestly one of the better documentaries I have seen. The story is amazing. How this slid by my radar is actually bothering me. I watch sword making videos all the time. Especially Japanese smiths.

[@alenovantasei8099]

Roberto, mezzo Italiano , mezzo Giapponese , che sembra un nero bianco.

[@TheRealPots]

is this viewable in its entirety or just the first few minutes?

[@OurHumanPlanet]

It's an excerpt from a four-hour documentary I shot for PBS. Almost all of it is in the Japan playlist on this channel - though it's about all of Japan (geisha, gateball, taiko, etc.). The Swordmaking part is about 14 minutes long.

[@kennyG1000]

​@@OurHumanPlanetreally cool thank you

[@TheRealPots]

@@OurHumanPlanet Thank you so much for sharing your incredible work! I'll definitely be checking out more from the Japan playlist.😁

[@SvenjaKovacs-lu7vc]

It's a shame these guys don't use some more modern steel to make some of their blades, if they got their hands on some tool steel they would truly have made a functional masterpiece.

[@samax6237]

In Japan it's illegal to make swords from anything else than the traditional steel. This is because it is seen as an art piece when made from the traditional tamahagane and otherwise it is considered a weapon

[@SvenjaKovacs-lu7vc]

Pretty sure that's charcoal, not coal.

[@172km]

3yrs to learn how to prepare coal? hmmm

[@ulyssesguidi9960]

i will never understand how they do all this shit and still have a mediocre sword compared to Europe

[@scpmrcleanhasbreachedconta792]

Compared to Europes the iron is shit, and combat was also different