Clay Tempered Shihozume Shobu Zukuri Japanese Ko-Katana Swor

Blade: 

-This Is A Very High End Collectible Sword. The Blade Of This  Sword Is Made By Complex Process And Come Up With A Complex Structure---Shihozumi.  It Is Worth To Have. The Blade Is Forged By Four Different Materials, 1095 High  Carbon Steel /Damascus Steel/Iron/1060 Steel. The Edge Part Is 1095 Steel, Iron  Is The Core Of The Blade, Middle Strength Material 1060 Steel Located On The The  MUNE(Back Of The Blade), The 14 Times Forged Folded Steel Was Forged To Wrap The  Three Materials ,It Distributes On The Both Side Of The Blade. After Carefully  Forging, Clay Temper Process Is Taken On This Blade, So Except The Damascus Wavy  Line; There Is A Very Special Clay Hamon On It. There Will Not Be Another Same  Blade As This One; Every Hand Forged Sword Is Unique! The Blade Was Specially  Abrasived To Enhance The Damascus Wave And Clay Hamon. It Is Matched With  Leather Wrapped Wood Saya And Silk Sageo/Ito; Premium Engraved Copper Tsuba Set;  Genuine Same(Rayskin), The Tsuka(Handle) Is Fixed By Two Mekugi, Hand Engraved  Mei(Signature). It Is A Very Good Choice For The Following Use: Dojo Students,  Gifts, Cutting Practice And Display, Valuable Art Collection. It Is Very Strong  For All Kind Of Cutting, Such As Tameshigiri, Bamboos Cutting, Bones And Iron  Things(Wire And Can) And So On. The Buyers Can Customize The Cutting Edge Style  Based On The Different Using.

-The Choji 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 Hada And Martensite (Grains) On The Blade Surface. 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. The Tip Of The Blade Is A Shaped SHOBU ZUKURI, And With O-Kissaki ;  It Was 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 black leather 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 Work . A High Quality black Sage-O Has Been Tied Around The Kurigata (Knob) Of The Sheath.

Specifications:

Condition: Brand-New

Overall Length: 36.2 inch / 92 cm

Blade Material: Real Shihozume Structure

Nagasa Length: 19.7inch / 51cm

Handle Length: 13.8 Inch / 35 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 brass

Saya Material: Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished

Kissaki Shape: O-kissaki