-Condition: New
-Overall Length: 15.7 inches/40 cm
-Blade Material: Clay tempered Tamahagane steel with saguha hamon
-Blade Length: 11.0 inches/28 centimeters
-Handle length: 4.72 inches/12 centimeters
-Blade edge: Hand-polished razor sharp
-Blade width (near Habaki): 1.1 inches / 2.8 cm
-Habaki: The Handmade Habaki (blade ring) is of one-piece brass construction.
-Tsuka: The core of the Tsuka (handle) is made of wood, which is tightly wrapped in real Ray skin (Samegawa) and wrapped and fixed menuki. The tang of the sword is held in place by a Mekugi (peg). You can remove the blade from the handle by removing the Mekugi.
-Saya: The sword’s handmade saya (scabbard) is hard wood with a black lacquer(黑石目.
Blade
-The blade of the sword has been hand forged using the ancient method of sword making, full hand forged and full hand polished be razor sharp.
-The blade was made of Tamahagane steel, differential hardened and clay tempered, water quenched and polished be razor sharp. The blade shaped shinogi zukuri and has been hand polished with multiple grade sharpen stone by Japanese method, which made the surface of the blade like a mirror.
-The hamon pattern is done in the same process as the traditional method. Harden the edge is by using the special clay wrapping the blade then put in water to quench. It requires a lot of skills. The fire temperature can not be too high or too low it needs to be well controlled by the sword smith. The blade is then put into water for quenching. The blade shape is done this process creates beautiful hamon. clay to protect the edge and quenched in water to temper the mune or spine of the sword. The hardness of the Carbon Steel measures at an impressive HRC on the Rockwell Scale. The perfect combination of the hardness of the edge steel, and the increased Sori (curvature of the blade), enables this high quality blade to easily cut through tatami straw mats or bamboo for Tameshigiri. This Blade Comes With A Full Length Tang Which Greatly Enhances The Strength Of The Sword.
-A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana). In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken (剣) is used as a term for all sorts of international long, double-edged swords.
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