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Condition: Brand-New
Blade Material: Clay Tempered Folded Steel Blade
Overall Length: 40.9 Inch /104 Cm
Nagasa Length: 28.0inch/71cm
Handle Length: 10.6 Inch / 27 Cm
Blade Shape: Shinogi Zukuri
Blade Edge: Hand Polished Be Razor Sharp
Handle Material: Genuine Ray Skin + Hard Wooden
Blade Width (Near Kissaki): 0.91inch / 2.3cm
Width (Near Habaki): 1.26 Inch / 3.2Cm
tsuba Material: High Quality Japanese Brass
Saya Material: Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished
Kissaki Shape: Chu-kissaki

Blade:

-The Blade Of The Sword Has Been Hand Forged And Quenched Using Diferential Hardening, In The Same Methods As Traditional Japanese Nihonto.

-The Core Of The Blade Is Made Of Forged AISI 1045 Steel, And The Sides Are Made Of Forged AISI 1095 Carbon Steel Folded 11 Times, Generating 2048 Layers In The Steel, In Kobuse Lamination Style.

-The AISI 1095 High Carbon Steel (The Steel Has A 0.95% Carbon Content And 0.4% Manganese. It Is Extremely Hard -58 HRC- Making A Very Sharp Edge). This Blade Is Clay Tempered And Quenched, Then Polished And Sharpened By 14 Different Process.

-The Hamon Pattern Is Done By Differential Hardening With Clay Temperd. The Hardening Process Is Made By Utilizing A Special Clay On The Edge, So It Gets A Different Temperature And Cools In Different Time Than The Rest Of The Blade, Becoming Harder And Quenching The Blade When It Is Cooled On Water. It Is A Very Complex Technique, As If Not Properly Executed The Blade Will Break. The Fire Can't Be Too Warm Or Cold, Only A Good Swordsmith Knows The Exact Temperature. The Blade Then Get Its Shape With A Beautiful Hamon Hada And Martensite (Grains) On Its Surface. This Way The Edge Can Be Very Hard And The Mune -The Spine Of The Sword- Softer Giving It An Excelent Toughness. The Perfect Combination Of A Hard Edge With The Increased Sori (Curvature Of The Blade) With A Strong Mune, Enables This High Quality Blade To Easily Cut Through Tatami, Straw Mats Or Bamboo For Tameshigiri.

-This Blade Has A Full Length Tang Which Greatly Enhances The Strength Of The Sword. The Blade Has The Shinogi Zukuri Shape And With Chu-Kissaki ,It Is Well Defined With The Hamon Going All The Way Through The Boshi.

Fitting:
-Koshirae: The Tsuba (Guard), Fuchi (Sleeve) And Kashira (Buttcap) Of The Sword Made Of High Quality Brass .The brass Habaki (Blade Collar) Is A One Piece Construction. Two brass Seppas (Spacer) Secure The Tsuba.

Tsuka: The Tsuka (Handle) Core Is Wooden And It Is Tightly Wrapped Over Genuine Ray Skin (Samegawa) With Red Ito Wrapped.The Full Tang Of The Sword Is Secured By Two Mekugi (Peg) . You Can Unassembled The Blade From The Handle By Taking Out 2 Pegs.

-Saya: The Saya (Sheath) Made Of Real Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished . A High Quality japanese Sage-O Has Been Tied Around The Kurigata (Knob) Of The Sheath.