Clay Tempered Japanese Tiger Tsuba Katana Sword Black Sanmai Blade

-overall length: katana: 103cm/40.3inch

-nagasa length/material: 71cm/ folded steel+1095carbon steel

-handle length/material: 28cm /11.0inch. cotton wrapped with real shark skin.

-Habaki/Seppa: made of brass;

-mountings: Made of copper; dragon theme;

-Sageo: made of top quality pure silk.

-Saya (Scabbard): black lacquered be shine. upper half and end half of hard wooden saya wrapped with authentic shark skin, {kojiri+kurikata+koiguchi} made of buffalo horn;

-blade:
KATANA: the blade of the sword had been hand forged using the ancient method of sword making. hand forged blade with full tang can cut tatami with strike. two pieces outer jacket steel (folded steel) wrapped around a relatively softer, inner iron core, which is resilient and able to absorb shocks, in a way, reduces the possibility of the blade breaking or bending. more important is it's blade made of pucker steel, AISI 1060 carbon steel was forged several times, and then be shaped a rolled steel, called folded steel. dividual on the 2 sides of AISI 1095 carbon high steel. high carbon steel make edge strong and reach the cutting standard. one piece of iron in the core and the folded steel keep blade more flexibility. the visible tenuous undulating grain on the blade was resulted from folded repeatedly during forging. and the blade has beed hand polished with multiple grade stones by japanese method, this made the blade very smooth and shine. this blade was clay tempered and has more than 14 process hand sharpening work. hamon resulted from quenching and tempering. this katana can be taken apart fully anytime to maintenance. you can unassembled the blade from the handle by taking out two pegs. sword bag come with this this sword. this is a sharpened battle ready samurai katana sword very suit for iaido or kendo. important, the sword has tungsten adsorb on blade, so you don;t worry blade rust in future and keep sharp. it's also a collection for yourself or present your friends, don't miss such better change. otherwise, sword bag comes with this sword.