Talk:Characters/@comment-103.16.136.35-20151117113828/@comment-27003854-20151117124434

Sword "school" means that there are different smithing-style in sword-making.

Every smith has their own technique in forging blades and every smith that comes from different region tend to have different regional influnce in their creations too. Also each smith are known for what kind of swords they produce. For example, Muramasa are known to make the sharpest blades and Masamune are known to make high quality and beautiful swords. A lot of smith takes on apparentice and teach them how to forge swords using their technique, and usually there's a lot of people that follows their teaching. Hence, the "school" part.

Basically it's like how martial artists tend to have different teachers and techniques in fighting, swordsmith has their own way and style in forging swords as well.