Shinto Samurai Katana
Because
this sword is very light (only 890 gram!) and has a very good balance
with a standard size tsuka, it's the BEST SWORD we saw untill now to practise
Iaido.
This samurai sword,
the Shinto katana of the Hanwei forge has a hand-forged 1065 high-carbon
steel blade and is differentially tempered using a traditional claying
method witch reslut in an edge hardness of 60HRC and a back hardness 40HRC
.
It is mounted in black and the tsuka-ito is made of premium black Japanese
cotton. The saya is done in a deep black lacquer with a black cotton sageo.
A finely rendered dragon, detailed in gold, with true front-and-back detail,
forms the black iron tsuba.
The fittings are superbly antiqued adding to the aesthetics of the set.
The blades feature a groove (bo-hi) on both sides and are constructed
with a medium length (chu) kissaki.
This katana
does come with a cleaning kit and sword bag ! |
