Wakizashi Short Sword

Not only is this Wakizashi sword a beautiful work of art, it’s also a fully functional battle ready short sword.

It is hand forged from a single piece of high carbon steel and hand sharpened using Japanese techniques, producing an excellent quality blade.

This Wakazashi is flexible, very strong and glides through the air with ease. It’s a real pleasure to use and is sharp enough to slice thin paper, bamboo stems, grass matting & more.

Key Features:

• High carbon steel blade (high hardness and excellent reliability).
• Dual sided blood groove facilitates blood-letting and provides audio feedback with blade movements.
• High quality sword fittings and scabbard materials.
• Presentable and highly collectable weapon.
• Battle ready and fully functional.
• Ideally suited for close quarters combat and surprise attacks.

Wakizashi Specifications:

• Note: Stand in photos is for demonstration purposes only and NOT included.
• Overall length: 78cm.
• Blade length: 50cm.
• Handle length: 20cm.
• Width of blade: 3.2cm.
• Thickness of blade: 0.7cm.
• Blade material: 1060 carbon steel.
• Saya material (scabbard): Hardwood.
• Sage-o material (scabbard wrap): Synthetic silk.
• Handle materials: Hardwood with genuine ray-skin & synthetic silk Ito (handle wrap).
• Fuchi & Kashira (sleeve & butt-cap): Alloy.
• Seppa & Habaki (spacer & blade collar): Brass.
• Tsuba (hand guard): Alloy.
• Menuki (handle decorations): Alloy.
• Fuller: Dual sided Bo-Hi blood grooves.
• Item: Japanese short sword / small sword.