Yoshiaki’s rapier, whose hilt is decorated with complex ornaments, is believed to be the only Western-style sword in Japan dating ... Japanese matchlock gun makers of the time had the skills ...

Fionntan Hughes found the basket hilt sword with his brand new metal detector A schoolboy who got a metal detector for his 10th birthday struck lucky the first day he used it by finding a sword ...

The bronze sword with an octagonal hilt was found in a grave in the southern town of Nördlingen. It is thought to be from the late 14th Century BC. Its condition is so good "it almost still ...