Custom Wakizashi Sword

A warrior who adorned his weapon with such beautiful artworks honored the great powers of nature and revered his deep connection with the natural world and its harmony. This understanding and deep humility of nature would carry as a mirror reflection of the Samurai’s state-of-mind with all things, even combat and death.

Equipped with a folded steel blade, which is a hammer-welded mixture of 1095 & 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 lethal foundational core to this true Japanese short sword.

Further promoting perfection, is the very difficult process of clay-tempering the blade. This process precisely facilitates hardening of the blade’s edge, while leaving the blade’s core and spine softer and thus resilient. Definitely a marker of advanced sword-making technology and visibly identifiable on this sword’s blade.

Completed with a lacquered hardwood scabbard, along with solid brass fittings, and a hardwood, wrapped with real stingray-skin & quality cotton cord handle, forming a traditional, practical and effective Japanese Samurai hand-grip.

This shortsword is deadly, and is custom made, brand-new entirely to fine form. It’s highly collectable, a treasure to own and a formidable weapon to use. 

Key Features:

• Folded sword blade – hard, reliable, razor sharp cutting edge, along with excellent blade resilience and renowned elasticity. 
• Genuine clay tempered blade, with a visible Hamon.
• Two handed short sword – use this weapon with one or two hands, unhindered and with good power.
• Single edged short sword – primary battle edge, with full structural strength spine.
• Curved sword blade – balanced & versatile, cutting, slashing and thrusting small sword. 
• Battle ready sword – razor sharp, and the best short sword for confined space combat, or concealed weapon surprise attacks.
• Not stocked – made brand new on order.

Custom Wakizashi Specifications:

• Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
• Overall Wakizashi length: 78cm.
• Handle length: 21cm.
• Wakizashi blade length: 51cm.
• Blade width (near Habaki): 3.2cm.
• Blade thickness: 0.7cm.
• Blade material: Folded steel sword blade. 
• Tempering: Genuine clay tempered sword blade, with visible Hamon. 
• Hardness: 58HRC.
• Blade finish: Hand-polished, using stone.
• Tsuka (handle) material: Hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin Samegawa & cotton cord Ito (handle-wrap). 
• Saya (scabbard) material: Lacquered hardwood, wrapped with a quality cord Sageo (scabbard-wrap). 
• Sword fittings material: Brass. 
• Bo-Hi (fuller sword): Single blood-groove on both sides of the blade.
• Tang: Full tang Wakizashi.
• Weight with/without scabbard: 0.9kg / 0.8kg.
• Included: Wooden sword case; sword bag; certificate of authenticity.
• Note: This is a custom made sword; it will take 14 days to make before it is shipped.
• Item: Shoto sword.