Handmade Battle Ready Clay Tempered Choji Hamon Japanese Samurai Katana Sword

Blade: 

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

-The Blade Was Made Of T-10 High Carbon Steel, And It Has Been Laminated In A  Maru Configuration(Single Type Mono Steel). Differential Hardened And Clay  Tempered, Water Quenched And Polished.

-The T-10 High Carbon Steel (The Steel Has A 0.1% Carbon Content And 0.4%  Manganese.）Is Very Solid And Holds An Edge Well. This Blade Was Then Clay  Tempered And Has More Than 14 Process Hand Sharpening Work. Which Made The  Surface Of The Blade Like A Mirror.

-This Blade Has Been Tried And Tested To Cut Everything That Gets In Its Way.  The Sori (Blade Curvature) Is Specially Crafted To Create Leverage In Order To  Perform The Smoothest And Cleanest Cuts. That In Combination With The Choice Of  Traditional And Our Top Selling Koshirae (Fittings), Assures That You Will Get  The Best Of Both Appearance And Functionality.

-The Japanese Top 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 Back Of The Blade Is A Shaped Shinogi Zukuri, and with  Diamond-Shaped standard-Point (Chu-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 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 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 With Ray Skin Wrap Lacquer Work Finished . A High Quality  japanese Sage-O  Has Been Tied  Around The Kurigata (Knob) Of The Sheath.

Specifications:

Condition: Brand-New

Blade Material: Clay Tempered T10 Steel Top Choji Hamon

Overall Length: 40.9 Inch /104 Cm

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 Iron

Saya Material: Hard Wooden With Lacquer Work Finished

Kissaki Shape: Chu-kissaki