NEW TOP CHOJI HAMON SHIHOZUME JAPANESE KATANA SWORD

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 Shinogi-Zukuri, And With Chu-Kissaki  And Real Yokoto; 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   japanese 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: Real Shihozume Structure, Top Nice Choji Hamon

Nagasa Length: 28.0inch/71cm

Handle Length: 10.6 Inch / 27 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 Japanese Brass

Saya Material: Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished

Kissaki Shape: Chu-kissaki