As practical minded weapons practitioners and enthusiastic students of history, we are as equally intrigued and respect the artistic smiths before us with their timeless tradition of finely crafted and ornately decorated weaponry, as we are with the martial artists who wielded their work. With respect to these great artisans of the past, every meticulously composed piece, though aesthetically beautiful in its own right, either maintains or enhances the practical application of the tool without compromise.