WW2 Japanese Sword

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 Katana sabre. 

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 Japanese sword-making technology and visibly identifiable on this Shinken sword blade. 

Completed with a classic painted steel with hardwood inner core scabbard, along with superb brass sword-fittings, and a hardwood, wrapped with real stingray-skin & quality cord handle, forming a truly historical and very practical, Japanese Samurai hand-grip. 

This reproduced WW2 Japanese Katana is deadly, and executed with special craftsmanship. It’s highly collectable, a treasure to own and a formidable war sword to use. 

Key Features:

• Folded Katana blade – hard, reliable cutting edge, along with renowned blade elasticity & excellent resilience.
• Genuine clay tempered Katana blade, with visible Hamon.
• Premium fittings, handle & scabbard materials. 
• Two handed sword – use this weapon with one or two hands, unhindered and with good power.
• Perfectly balanced & versatile Japanese long sword – equally effective cutting, slashing & thrusting combat Katana. 
• Battle ready sword – fully functional and deadly sharpened Katana saber sword.
• Modern WW2 military sword reproduction. 

WW2 Japanese Sword Specifications:

• Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
• Overall Katana length: 101cm.
• Handle length: 25.5cm.
• Blade length: 71cm.
• Blade width: 3.2cm. 
• Blade thickness: 0.7cm.
• Blade material: Folded steel Katana blade. 
• Tempering: Genuine clay tempered sword blade, with visible Hamon.
• Hardness: 58HRC.
• Blade finish: Hand-polished.
• Tsuka (handle) material: Hardwood, wrapped with genuine stingray-skin Samegawa & quality cord Ito (handle-wrap).
• Saya (scabbard) material: Painted steel with hardwood inner core + genuine leather scabbard cover.
• Habaki (blade-collar) material: Pure-copper. 
• Other sword fittings material: Brass.
• Weight with/without scabbard: 1.62kg / 1kg.
• Tang: Full tang Katana.
• Included: Wooden sword case; sword bag; certificate of authenticity.
• Item: Recreated Samurai sword WW2.