JAPANESE KATANA SWORD FULL RAYSKIN SAYA KOBUSE FULL TANG BLADE

This Katana sword has been hand forged using the ancient method of sword making. The construction of the blade is GYAKU-KOBUSE, one kind of KOBUSE construction, It is constructed from two different kinds of steel, the core steel and the outer steel, where the core steel is wrapped with the outer steel. the core steel is harder than the outer steel. The outer steel was made of folded steel. It was folded 13 times creating 8192 layers for superior strength and flexibility. The visible tenuous undulating grain on the blade was resulted from folded repeatedly during forging. The core steel was made of 1095 steel. The steel has been throughly refined and tempered, a special clay is applied to the blade by hand, using a thin covering near the edge and a thicker layer over the rest of the blade. This results in a relatively quicker cooling of the edge during quenching, producing a hard edge and softer back. The beautiful real hamon on the blade is also result from the differential cooling of the blade (quenching and tempering). This blade has been hand polished with multiple grade sharpen stone by Japanese method, the more importance is that the blade was polished by HAZUYA which is a very thin Uchigumori stone fixed with paper, Hazuya is a specific stone to bring up hamon. The stone is very fine and soft against the steel. The blade of this sword is completely finished with Hazuya. The work is done to get mirror-like surface on shinogi-ji and edge. High quality brass dragon&flower design Tsuba(guard) with one piece brass habaki(blade collar), and two seppas(spacer) secure the tsuba. The Fuchi(sleeve) and Kashira(buttcap) are also made of brass. The tsuka-ito is black synthetic cord with alternating cross over the white real ray skin samegawa, and the dragon design menuki and flower deisgn menuki on each side of the handle. The tang is double pinned with bamboo mekugi. The katana comes with a hard wooden SAYA(sheath) with real ray skin wrapped. The saya has buffalo horn koiguchi, and thick black&white silk sageo tied over a buffalo horn kurikata with bright copper shitodome. 

• HanBon Forge Handmade Katana sword
• AISI 1095 high carbon steel and folded steel
• GYAKU-KOBUSE  construction  blade
• Differentially Clay tempered and water quenched
• HAZUYA polished with multiple grade sharpen stone
• Comes with a full tang blade and real hamon
• No bo-hi on the blade
• Dragon design brass tsuba and menuki
• White genuine Ray skin Samegawa
• Black synthetic silk tsuka-ito
• Thick black&white synthetic sageo
• Very Tight katate-maki wrap Handle
• Hard wooden saya(sheath) with real ray skin wrapped
• Double Pinned Bamboo Mekugi(peg)
• Buffalo horn koiguchi and kurikata
  
• Brass habaki and Seppas
• Can be fully disassembled and assembled
• Comes with a free sword bag and certificate of authenticity.

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KATANA Size:

Over Length: 40.9"

Blade Length: 27.7"

Handle Length:10.5"