TACHI Japanese Samurai Sword Damascus Steel+Clay TEMPERED-RYAN1145

The blade of this tachi is made of high-class Damascus folded steel. 14 times folded forge makes the blade have over 16,000 layers and beautiful grains. Clay temper process totally follows ancient way. Every blade is unique because the grains and hamon can't be duplicated. The strength of this Damascus steel is close to 1095 high carbon steel, the blade is suitable for heavy cutting. The blade is full tang with hand engraved Mei(signature), it is fixed into tsuka(handle) by two Mekugis. The sword is equipped with common hard wood saya with copper ends, silk sageo/ito, premium copper tsuba and genuine same(rayskin) on tsuka. It is a very good choice for the following use: Dojo, iaito, gifts, cutting practice, display and art collection. It's very strong for cutting tameshigiri, bamboos, bones, iron things(wire and can), etc. Overall Length: 103cm/40.6inch Blade Length: 71cm/27.9inch Handle Length: 27cm/10.6inch Motohaba(width near habaki): 3.1-3.2cm Sakihaba(width near kashira): 2.4-2.5cm Sori(curve): 2.8cm Kasane (thickness at habaki): 7-8mm Blade Material: Damascus Steel+Clay Tempered Saya Material: Hard Wood+Brass Handle Material: Genuine Ray Skin + Hard Wood Weight After Packing: 2.0 kg