Tsurugi Sword

The most valuable part of any sword however is its blade, with this folded steel Katana blade certainly forming a high core standard of this fully functional and battle ready Katana.

Forged with folded steel, which is a mixture of 1045 soft steel, 1060 high carbon steel, manganese spring 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, a technique renowned for smithing Japanese Katana blades.

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 sword’s blade. 

The beautiful matching Ebony wood scabbard & handle material close seamlessly together, forming basically what would pass as a stick, which is archetypal of the Japanese double edged straight sword design.

Very clean, practical and a real pleasure to own and use. 

Key Features:

• Japanese folded steel sword blade – multi-layered steel with an unmatched razor sharp cutting edge, along with renowned blade resilience & elasticity. 
• Genuine clay tempered blade with visible wave Hamon. 
• Quality sword fittings, handle and scabbard materials.
• Straight sword blade – versatile cutting and thrusting weapon.
• Double edged sword weapon – perfectly balanced blade, with unmatched thrusting penetration. 

Tsurugi Sword Specifications:

• Overall Katana length: 102cm.
• Katana blade length: 71cm. 
• Width of blade: 3.4cm. 
• Thickness of blade: 0.72cm.
• Handle length: 27cm.
• Weight: 1.2kg – sword only; 2.1kg – sword + scabbard.
• Blade material: Folded steel. 
• Tempering: Genuine clay tempered with visible wave Hamon. 
• Hardness: Core & spine 30 HRC; edge 60 HRC.
• Saya material (scabbard): Ebony wood.
• Handle material: Ebony wood.
• Habaki (collar) material: Brass.
• Tang: Full tang Katana.
• Included: Brocade sword bag.
• Item: Shirasaya Katana.