Noble Blue Japanese Samurai Wakizashi Sword Full Tang Golden Wild Goose Tsuba
ITEM SPECIFICS
Tang: Full tang
Tsuba: Alloy
Bo-hi: Long blood groove
Blade thickness: 0.7cm/0.28 inch
Blade width: 3.2cm/1.26 inch
Blade length: 50cm/19.7 inch
Overall length: 78cm/30.7 inch
Blade: 1060 carbon steel
Saya (scabbard): Glossy Blue Lacquered wooden saya
Other fittings: Brass Habaki & Seppa+ Alloy flower Fuchi & Kashira+ Blue nylon Sageo
Handle(tsuka) : 20cm/7.9 inch ,Wrapped by real Rayskin & Blue nylon Ito & Ornamented with golden dragon Menuki
The stand is not included in the package.
Wakizashi (わきざし)
The wakizashi (わきざし) meaning "side inserted [sword]" is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihonto) worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan.
The wakizashi has a blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inch),with wakizashi close to the length of a katana being called o-wakizashi and wakizashi closer to tantō length being called ko-wakizashi.The wakizashi being worn together with the katana was the official sign that the wearer was a samurai or swordsman of feudal Japan. When worn together the pair of swords were called daishō, which translates literally as "big-little".The katana was the big or long sword and the wakizashi the companion sword.Wakizashi are not necessarily just a smaller version of the katana; they could be forged differently and have a different cross section.