1060 Heat Tempered Katana Standard Fittings

1060 Heat Tempered Katana Standard Fittings

Blade: Hand Forged Carbon Steel 1060
Blood Groove: on both sides
Blade Edge: sharpened
Habaki (Blade Collar) & Seppa (Spacer) Material: Brass
Tsuba (Hand Guard): metal alloy Tsuba
Fuchi (Handle Collar) and Kashira (Handle Buttcap): metal alloy
Tsuka (Handle): White ray skin with ornament menuki
Tang: Full tang with 2 Mekugi pegs
Saya (scabbard): white hardwood lacquered saya

Blade Length: 72cm
Handle Length: 27cm
Approximate Weight: 1.28 KG
Blade Width: 3.2cm
Blade Thickness: 0.75cm

This is a traditional Hand Forged Japanese samurai sword. We call it Katana. Overall length is approximately 102cm. The sword is hand forged and made of AISI 1060 high carbon steel. The blade has been tempered and water quenched.

This Katana features a silk tsukamaki, black samegawa, round Japanese ocean theme tsuba fuchi kashira and begins with a bronze blade collar (Habaki). Each side of the guard is secured by a bronze spacer (Seppa), this fitting is only found on hand crafted swords. A sword bag is included.

• Handmade Heat Tempered 1060 Samurai Katana Sword
• Blade: The blade has been constructed from heat tempered 1060 carbon steel. The blade comes full tang and sharp.
• Saya: The saya is wooden with a white gloss finish and white silk sageo.
• Tsuka: The habaki is brass. The tsuba is metal alloy with Japanese Ocean theme. The fuchi Kashira are also made of metal alloy. The ito is white with alternating criss-cross over ray skin samegawa. The tang is double pinned with bamboo mekugi.