Korean Sword - Contemporary Swordsmiths

Contemporary Swordsmiths

• Hong Seok-hyeon in Paju, Gyeonggi province, makes swords by hand, as he has done for more than 20 years.
• Lee Sang Seon in Munkyong City, Kyongsangbukdo Province
• Lee Eun-cheul in Yeoju, Kyonggi Province. In addition to being self-taught like other contemporary Korean swordsmiths, he also received training under Aoki Yutaka (青木 豊), a master swordsmith in Okayama Prefecture, Japan to rediscover Korea’s forgotten swordsmithing skills, which were lost near the beginning of the Japanese colonization of Korea.
• Kang Cheul Kyu in Pocheon, Kyongki Province.