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 these blades.
The primary starting point for any Japanese Samurai sword building project or quality Katana custom build.
Key Features:
- Choose from two of the best Katana steels available – 1095 steel or T10 steel.
- Genuine clay tempered blade with visible wave Hamon.
- Perfectly balanced & versatile Japanese long sword blade – equally effective cutting, slashing & thrusting blade.
- Shinken sword blade – fully functional and deadly sharpened Katana blade.
Sword Blade Specifications:
- Katana blade length: 71cm, (not including tang length).
- Katana blade width: 3.2cm.
- Katana blade thickness: 0.7cm.
- Katana tang length: 26cm.
- Blade material (optional): T10 or 1095 high carbon steel.
- Tempering: Genuine clay tempered with visible wave Hamon.
- Hardness: Core & spine 30 HRC; edge 60 HRC.
- Tang: Full tang Katana blade.
- Item: Daito blade.