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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.

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.

The blade of this sword is made of damascus folded steel. It is folded forged by 11 times and 2048 layers of patterns (Jihada) are formed on the surface of the blade. The blade is electroplated to red. The high-performance blade has very good toughness and does not deform when bent at 90 degrees. The hardness is as high as 55. Cutting the wire does not hurt the blade.

It can be used in battle or for display. We would highly recommend it as a gift. Anyone would be thrilled to receive a gorgeous katana sword as a gift!

SHIRASAYA
A shirasaya, is a plain wooden Japanese sword consisting of a saya (scabbard) and tsuka (hilt), traditionally made of rosewood and used when a blade was not expected to see use for some time and needed to be stored. Such mountings are not intended for actual combat, as the lack of a tsuba (guard) and proper handle wrappings; as such they would likely never make their way onto a battlefield. Most of the shirasaya swords sold today are purely decorative modern replicas. However, our swords have practical sharp blades.
GENERAL DATA
OVERALL LENGTH: 78 cm / 30.7 inch BLADE LENGTH: 52 cm / 20.5 inch TSUKA LENGTH: 23 cm / 9 inch BLADE WIDTH: 3.2 cm / 1.26 inch BLADE THICKNESS: 0.7 cm / 0.28 BLADE CRAFT: fully hand forged, water quenching BLADE MATERIAL: high carbon steel, folded forged by 11 times, electroplated red blade BLADE SHAPE: Shinogidukuri NAKAGO: full tang KISSAKI: medium (chūkissaki) BLADE HRC: 55
MOUNTINGS
TSUKA(HANDLE): lacquered hard wood core MEKUGI: 2 bamboo pegs HABAKi & SEPPA: brass SAYA: lacquered hard wood core
PACKAGE
1 sword with saya (No display stand and other fittings along with)
ABOUT ELECTROPLATING
Plating (Electroplating) is the use of electrolytic principle in some metal surface on a thin layer of other metal or alloy plating process, is the use of electrolytic action made of metal or other materials adhered on the surface of the parts of a layer of metal film technique to prevent metal oxidation (rust), improve the wear resistance and electric conductivity, reflective resistance, corrosion resistance, copper sulfate, etc.) and improve aesthetics, and so on.