Handmade Clay Tempered Shihozume Blade Japanese Katana Samurai Sword Full Tang

Blade: 

-The Blade Of The Sword Has Been Hand Forged Using The Ancient   Method Of Sword Making. Full Hand Forged, Hand Polished And Hand Sharpened Work.

-The Blade Of The Sword Has Been Hand Forged And Quenched Using Diferential   Hardening, In The Same Methods As Traditional Japanese Sword In The Traditional   Shihozume Structure. The Sword Is High Class For Collection!!!

-The Core Of The Blade Is Made Of Iron To Absorb And Distribute Impact, The   Sides Are Made Of Forged AISI 1060 Carbon Steel Folded 11 Times Generating 2048   Layers In The Steel. The Back Of The Blade Is Forged In AISI 1045 Steel. And   Most Important Is The Edge Which Forged Of AISI 1095 High Carbon Stell (O.95%   Carbon, ~59HRC), Making A Very Hard And Razor Sharp Edge.

-This Blade Is Clay Tempered And Quenched With A Real Forged Hamon, Then   Polished And Sharpened By 14 Different Process.

-The Hamon Pattern Is Done By Differential Hardening With Clay Temper. The   Hardening Process Is Made By Utilizing A Special Clay On The Edge, So It Gets A   Different Temperature And Cools In Different Time Than The Rest Of The Blade,   Becoming Harder And Quenching The Blade When It Is Cooled On Water. It Is A Very   Complex Technique, As If Not Properly Executed The Blade Will Break. The Fire   Can't Be Too Warm Or Cold, Only A Good Swordsmith Knows The Exact Temperature.   The Blade Then Get Its Shape With A Beautiful Hamon Hada And Martensite (Grains)   On Its Surface. This Way The Edge Can Be Very Hard And The Mune -The Spine Of   The Sword- Softer Giving It An Excelent Toughness. The Perfect Combination Of A   Hard Edge With The Increased Sori (Curvature Of The Blade) With A Strong Mune,   Enables This High Quality Blade To Easily Cut Through Tatami, Straw Mats Or   Bamboo For Tameshigiri.

-This Blade Has A Full Length Tang Which Greatly Enhances The Strength Of The   Sword. The Back Of Blade Has The Shinogi-Zukuri Shape And With O-Kissaki , It Is   Well Defined With The Hamon Going All The Way Through The Boshi. 

The Shihozume Tradional Lamination Stule Utilizes Three Different Steels And   Iron To Better Distribute Impact Throughout The Blade, Making A MUCH More   Resilent Blade. Each Part Of The Blade Is Made With Steels Of Specific   Properties To Achieve This End

- The Edge Is Made Of High Carbon Steel, To Be Very Hard And Achieve Impressive Sharpness. 

- The Core, Is Made Of Iron To Absorb Impact Energy. 

- The Sides Are Made Of Folded Steel Both For A Great Apearance And To Increase The Blade's Resistance To Bendind.

- And The Back Is Made Of A Softer Steel, So It Don't Allow The Whole Blade To Break Easily.

Fitting:

-Koshirae: The Tsuba (Guard), Fuchi (Sleeve) And Kashira (Buttcap) Of The  Sword  Made Of High Quality iron .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 green  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  japanese green Sage-O Has Been Tied Around The Kurigata (Knob) Of The Sheath.

Specifications:

Condition: Brand-New

Overall Length: 40.9 Inch /104 Cm

Blade Material: Clay Tempered Shihozume Steel

Nagasa Length: 28.0inch/71cm

Handle Length: 10.6 Inch / 27 Cm

Blade Shape: SHINOGUI-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 Iron Snake

Saya Material: Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished

Kissaki Shape: Chu-kissaki