HANDMADE JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD KTANA FULL TANG UNSHARPENED BLADE FOR IAIDO ITEM DESCRIPTION Specifications: Overall Length: 40.9 inch /104 cm Nagasa Length: 27.8 inch / 70.5 cm Handle Length: 10.6 inch / 27cm Kissaki Shape: CHU-KISSAKI Blade Sharp: SHINOGI-ZUKURI Blade Material: 1060 High Carbon Steel Tsuba Material: High quality alloy Tsuba Blade Width (near Habaki): 1.26 inch / 3.20cm Blade Width (near Kissaki): 0.91inch / 2.30cm Weight (with Saya ): 2.56 lbs / 1.16kg (approximately) Weight (without Saya): 1.99 lbs / 0.90 kg (approximately) Saya Material:Hard wooden with black finish Handle Material: Genuine Ray skin + Hard wooden Condition: Brand New This KATANA is hand forged and hand polished using Japanese methods to create a perfect blade. Fully functional and battle ready. The accessories of the sword are all authentic from the ray skin handle, to silk sage-o and copper oxidized fittings. This is the best sword you will find in the price range. Materials And Way Of Forge: Blade: The blade of the sword has been hand forged using the ancient method of sword making. Full hand forged, hand polished and hand sharpened. The blade was made of 1060 high carbon steel, and it has been laminated in a Maru style. The blade has long Hi (blood groove) on each side, This not only allows for a lighter blade and audible feedback when swung. but also can balance the blade to achieve optimal performance. The tip of the blade is a Chu Kissaki (medium length). This blade has been hand polished with multiple grade sharpen stone by Japanese method, which made the surface of the blade like a mirror. This blade comes with a full length Tang which greatly enhances the strength of the sword. Tsuba: The Tsuba (guard) of the sword is made of alloy. The Habaki (blade collar) is a one piece brass construction. Two Seppas (spacer) secure the Tsuba. Tsuka: The Tsuka (handle) core is wooden and it is tightly wrapped over genuine Ray skin Samegawa with synthetic silk Ito. The Fuchi (sleeve) and Kashira (buttcap) are made of alloy. The Tang of the sword is secured by two Mekugi (peg) . Two copper Menuki (ornament) are on each side of the Tsuka. Saya: The saya (sheath) of the sword is hard wooden. Sage-O has been tied around the bright copper Kurigaga (knob) of the scabbard. the Koiguchi has been hardened. This is a super, truly battle ready Samurai sword very suitable for iaido and kendo superior. it is also allows you to make a collection of realistic, yet beautiful samurai sword, or to present one to your friend. Don't miss such a chance! NOTE: (1) A silk sword bag comes with the sword. but the wooden stand in below item pictures is NOT included. (2) if you need one wooden stand, please contact me, we will give you it for free, we hope you just provide us with the additional $12 for shipping. Click HERE to get wooden stand! (3) This Katana can be taken apart fully anytime for maintenance purposes, you can disassemble the sword from the handle by taking out two pegs. (4) Due to our swords are full hand made, so Specs will vary slightly from sword to sword. please understand. ITEM PICTURES 　 CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN SWORD Do you want an unique sword? Here you can get whatever you want. All our standard blades are available with customizable parts, where you can choose from a large array of fittings, Ito, Sageo and Saya. It is free to choose following parts instead of original ones! NO EXTRA CHARGES! We also can engrave your name, simple symbol or something else you like on the blade, it is also free!!! if you need to change some parts, please send me a message through your eCRATER messaging system before or after you purchase, sword will be made according to your required. ::BLADE CUSTOMIZATION:: (1) HI (blood groove): NO-HI blade is more stronger for cutting, BO-HI blade is more lighter for prctise. (2) Sharpness: All my blades are available in sharp or unsharp,please contact us if you need a unsharpened blade. (3) Sword Set: We can make a Wakizashi (medium) and a Tanto (short) to match this katana sword, NOTE: ★ Our blades are all FULL TANG blades, we have not any shortened Tang blades. ★ Oure blade are all full handmade, if you need to customize the blade, please give us enough time to make it, as we all known"Soft fire makes sweet malt." ★ We have not any FAKE or MACHINE-MADE hamon blades; Our blades with hamon are result of differentiated hardening with clay, they are real hamon, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY FACK OR MACHINE-MADE HAMON ON THE BLADE. ::BLADE ENGRAVING SERVICE:: ★We can engrave Chinese characters,English letters or Japanese kanji on the blade by engraving machine,it is FREE! please see the Sample A ★We also can engrave simple logo or something else you like on the blade by etching. you need pay an additional $20, and we need about one week to complete it.please see the Sample B. ★Usually, we would engrave the name or logo on the blade toward the handle. we also can engrave your name on the Nakago (Tang). it is not a problem to make the engrave in other locations on the blade. ★If you want us to engrave your name in Japanese, please translate your name into Japanese first, then send your Japanese name to us via eCRATER message system. ★Black blades and colored blades are not suit for engraving. ★The blades with blood groove are not suit for big images' engraving. ★ Engraving by machine can be completed within 2 days; Engraving by etching need 3-5 days to completed. 　 ::GENUINE RAY SKIN (SAMEGAWA) FOR CHOOSING (Free):: The "rayskin" (sometimes called shagreen) is actually fish skin taken from specific species of stingray or shark. It has been used on Japanese Sword handles for a very long time mostly due to its rough texture which when wrapped with 'cord', denies the cord from slipping. We have six colors for choosing, if you do not like the color on the above sword, you are free to choose following colors instead of original one! 　 SYNTHETIC SILK TSUKA-ITO (Free) TSUKA-ITO is the cord wrap on the handles of Japanese swords. Its purpose is both aesthetic and functional, Ito comes in a wide array of color to suit every taste, and it helps reinforce the tsuka and prevent failure. You can choose following Tsuka-Ito instead of original one. NOTE: if you choose the Tsuka-ITO here, In order to match Tsuka-ITO, we will choose same color for sageo. you also can upgrade the sageo by choosing below imported sageo. 　 LEATHER TSUKA-ITO FOR CHOOSING ($30) L01: Dark Gray L02: White L03: Light Black L04: Red-Brown L05: Black L06: Dark Coffe L07: Dark Blue L08: Gold L09: Dark Brown 　 IMPORTED SAGEO FOR CHOOSING (+$10) The Sageo 下緒 (さげお) have been used on Japanese swords for many centuries. The purpose of the Sageo is to hold the scabbard into the obi belt and keep it from slipping. It is also used at times to secure the katana into its saya by wrapping the sageo around the tsuka and tying it off. It is easy to customize your Japanese sword by swapping out the Sageo. ★Following Segeo are imported from Japan, they are available to all who choose to upgrade the appearance of their Saya. ★if the sword you purchased lower than $200, you need pay an additional $10 to choose following imported segeo instead original one. ★if the sword you purchased more than $200, you are free to choose following imported segeo instead original one. 　 TSUKA-MAKI FOR CHOOSING (Free) Tsuka-maki - the art of wrapping the tsuka, including the most common hineri-maki and katate-maki (battle wrap); You can choose the warpping between them, Our focus is making the wrap as tight as possible to keep if functional as long as possible. 　 SAYA FOR CHOOSING (Free) The saya is a wooden scabbard for the blade; traditionally done in lacquered wood. Our saya are manufactured from very dry wood, they are not can keep the shape of the saya, but also can ensure the blade is not easy to rust. The below pics just show top part of saya, you are free to choose following saya instead of the original saya. S01: Green S02: Blue S03: White S04: Black/Red S05: Deep Blue with speckle S06: Deep red with speckle S07: Black matt finish S08: Red S09: Yellow S10: Black high gloss finish S11: Reddish brown with black speckle S12: Black with red threadiness S13: Yellow stripe S14: Reddish brown stripe S15:White with black fumy S16: Black/white 　 High Qualty Japanese Sword SAYA (+$45) Here there are many high quality SAYA for available , Each Saya is fitted with genuine Water Buffalo Horn Kurikata, Koiguchi and Kojiri. you can ungrade the saya for an addtional $45. S17-S19 are made of hard wood and lacquered with speckle. S20-S21 are natural wood Saya, S18 is Hualee wood, S19 is hard wood with polished lacquer. S23 is rattan-covered saya. features Rattan covering on the Koiguchi area, and lacquered. S24-S26 are Same' covered Saya, The Same' (ray skin )has been sanded smooth and filled with polished lacquer. S27 is hand-carved multiple ring-shaped SAYA, it is available with different color. 　 ::SAYA ENGRAVING SERVICE::(+$20) We can make engraving on the SAYA(scabbard), Following samples are fully traditional HAND-CARVED. The following engravings are available with different color SAYA. You can Click HERE to see the SAYA ENGRAVING PROCESS E01: Plum blossom E02: Japanese warrior E03: Orchid E04: Magpie on the branch E05: Bamboo E06: Crane E07: Mandarin duck E08: Oriental Dragon E09: Phoenix E10: Cherry blossom 　 TSUBAS FOR CHOOSING TSUBA (鍔 or 鐔) is usually a round or occasionally squarish guard at the end of the grip of bladed Japanese weapons, like the katana and its various declinations, tachi, wakizashi, tantō etc. They contribute to the balance of the weapon and to the protection of the hand. The tsuba was mostly meant to be used to prevent the hand from sliding onto the blade during thrusts as opposed to protecting from an opponent's blade. We have about 200 kinds of tsuba, they can be roughly divided into four groups, ALLOY TSUBA,