Folded Steel Iaido Sword

Equipped with a folded steel blade, which is a hammer-welded mixture of 1060 high carbon steel, manganese spring steel, 1045 soft steel and many more smaller portions of other steels. This mixture is then folded multiple times to remove impurities, creating many hundreds of individual steel layers, finally producing arguably the best sword-making steel available.

The process and technique is renowned for smithing the finest combat sword blades, and certainly forms a very practical and forgiving foundational core to this Iaito Katana.

Completed with a lacquered hardwood scabbard, along with quality sword-fittings, and a hardwood, wrapped with pu-leather & quality-cord handle, forming a practical and effective Japanese Samurai hand-grip. 

This Iaito sword is a pleasure to own and use for the purposes of Iaido and sword-training. 

Key Features:

• Folded Katana blade – renowned blade resilience & elasticity, purposed for repetitive Japanese martial arts sword training.
• Premium sword fittings, handle & scabbard materials. 
• Japanese long sword – equally effective cutting, slashing & thrusting Iaido training sword. 
• Dull sword blade – safer for Iaido martial arts, sword training & shadow practice. 
• NOT designed for contact sparring or combat. 

Iaido Sword Specifications:

• Note: Sword stand is NOT included, and is shown only for demonstration purposes.
• Overall Katana length: 104cm.
• Handle length: 26cm.
• Blade length: 71cm.
• Blade width: 3.2cm.
• Blade thickness: 0.7cm.
• Blade material: Folded steel Katana blade.
• Blade balance point: 10-13cm back from Habaki (blade-collar).
• Hardness: 58HRC.
• Tsuka (handle) materials: Hardwood, wrapped with pu-leather & quality-cord Ito (handle-wrap).
• Saya (scabbard) material: Lacquered hardwood, wrapped with a quality-cord Sageo (scabbard-wrap). 
• Sword fittings material: Zinc-alloy / brass. 
• Mekugi (peg): 2x bamboo pins.
• Bo-Hi (fuller sword): Single blood-groove on both sides of the blade.
• Tang: Full tang Katana. 
• Weight with/without scabbard: 1kg / 0.9kg.
• Included: Sword bag. 
• Item: Iaido Katana practice sword.