ITEM SPECIFICS
Tang: Full tang
Tsuba: Alloy
Bo-hi: Long blood groove
Blade thickness: 0.7cm/0.28 inch
Blade width: 3.2cm/1.26 inch
Blade length: 50cm/19.7 inch
Overall length: 78cm/30.7 inch
Blade: 1060 carbon steel
Saya (scabbard): Glossy Blue Lacquered wooden saya
Other fittings: Brass Habaki & Seppa+ Alloy flower Fuchi & Kashira+ Blue nylon Sageo
Handle(tsuka) : 20cm/7.9 inch ,Wrapped by real Rayskin & Blue nylon Ito & Ornamented with golden dragon Menuki
The stand is not included in the package.
Wakizashi (わきざし)
The wakizashi (わきざし) meaning "side inserted [sword]" is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihonto) worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan.
The wakizashi has a blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inch),with wakizashi close to the length of a katana being called o-wakizashi and wakizashi closer to tantō length being called ko-wakizashi.The wakizashi being worn together with the katana was the official sign that the wearer was a samurai or swordsman of feudal Japan. When worn together the pair of swords were called daishō, which translates literally as "big-little".The katana was the big or long sword and the wakizashi the companion sword.Wakizashi are not necessarily just a smaller version of the katana; they could be forged differently and have a different cross section.
SWORD MOUNTINGS OPTIONS
If you don't like the original mountings, you can choose the favorite ones from the options. Tell us your options before purchase.
TSUBA
ITO & SAGEO
Handle wrapping cord and saya cord should be the same color. If you only want to change one of them to another color, please inform of it specially.
Samegawa (rayskin)
The culture of Japanese sword
The sword/nihonto in Japan was called Katana.but according to the sword shape and size,there are Tachi swords,Katana,Wakizashi and short(Tanto) swords.The famous swords exsist with graceful outlooking as a weapon and some are also as arts and collections. they take the symbol of the samurai worrior at the same time.In Japan,the people who make swords were called "sword smith" or "blade smith".
Each Samurai warrior kept two swords on his person - a long sword/Katana, and a short sword/Wakizashi. These swords were his principal weapons gut they also were an expression of his class and personality.The Katana is more suitable for the Long distance,and the Wakizashi usually used in the short distance . because of the length difference,the Wakizashi will take less time when you take the blade out of the saya .
Share and study area
There are two kinds of martial arts which trained the use of the swords: Ken-do and Iai-do. Ken-do trains how to fight and the person being trained wears a protector and fights with a sword made of bamboo. The cross sectional shape of the grip of his bamboo sword is round. Iai-do teaches the skill of drawing a sword and striking with it. The cross sectional shape of the sword grip is oval. Iai-do teaches several techniques of how to respond in many different situations of combat.
"Hagakure" (literally it is "the shadow of the leaves") is a text of the Bushi, a class of the Samurais, which says, " The way to be a Bushi is finding how to die." Loyalty and faith are most important. The Ken, or sword, is the spirit of the Bushi. To die for one's lord and for Ken is for their honor. To be killed by the Ken is an honorable way to die
