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This is a well-made colorful folded steel sword, following the traditional Japanese process. The blade is very sharp and full handmade folded 13 times resulting in over 8,000 layers. After sharpening, the blade is etched with an oxidation process to give the surface it’s black and red color. . It comes with a red lacquered hard wood saya and silk sageo/ito, Copper imitates antiquity fittings.The tang is secured into the handle with two bamboo mekugi. It is a very good choice for Dojo students
This sword is a very good choice for gifts, cutting practice, and collections. It is sturdy enough to cut cleanly through bamboo as hard as bone, and sharp enough to cut a piece of paper. Each sword is individually handmade, so specifications vary slightly from sword to sword.
The blade is thoroughly tempered using hot forging, shoveling, deadening, grinding, heat treatments, tempering, and repairing using time honored Longquan bladesmithing processes in China.
The blade is hand polished with multiple grades of sharpening stones. It has a traditional fourteen stage hand polished finish. The blade is very sharp.
Red Damascus steel Cloudy Dragon Copper tsuba blade, handmade, full tang. The weight is 1.25 kilograms/2.75 pounds. It is 103 centimeters/40.55 inches long, the handle is 26 centimeters/10.24 inches, and the blade 71 centimeters/27.95 inches. The hardness is 55HRC, the blade curvature (sori) is 1.8 centimeters/0.71inches.