I know this is probably a dumb question but last night I was playing Age of Empires 2 and one of the civilizations is Japan whose castle unit is a samurai. A common tactic is to just throw samurais at the enemy, at least for me, I was wondering what would be the process to equip the samurai specifically how long would making a katana take and how was it exactly made was there the equivalent of a samurai stop and shop for all their slicing and dicing needs ? Again I apologize if this is dumb thank you all the same!
I've talked more specifically about the process here, however it's important to note that most samurai did not use the katana as a primary weapon during war - the spear and bow were much more commonly favoured.