Item number: JP02 Tsuba & Menuki: Iron&alloy
Overall Length: 40.6 inch /103 cm Habaki: Brass
Blade Length: 27.5 inch / 70 cm Seppa: brass
Handle Length: 10.24 inch / 26cm Ito/sageo: Blue synthetic silk
Blade Width: 1.26 inch / 3.2cm Rayskin: Black real rayskin
Blade Thickness: 0.28inch / 0.7cm Bo-hi: No
Blade material: High carbon steel Tang: Full tang
Blade craft: clay tempered Saya:Lacquered wood saya
BLADE: T10 carbon steel. The blade has been polished with 10 procedures with ancient method.
TSUBA(plate): Iron, The tsuba is used to protect your hand from sliding onto the blade during thrusts.
HABAKI(blade collar):is a one piece brass construction,there is engraving on the habaki of this sword. the main point of the habaki is to make the saya tight to the blade,so it is normal if there is scratch on.
SEPPAS(spacer):Two Seppas secure the Tsuba( if the tsuba is not so tight after a long time,you can disassemble the sword and put more seppas there.
HANDLE: Wide on the 2 ends,thin in the middle; Hardwood wrapped with blue silk ito. Fuchi&Kashira on the 2 ends of the handle.
SAGEO: Used to tie the sword on your waist as a belt in the old time,but now we usually tie on the saya as in the picture.
SAYA(scabbard): The saya (sheath) of the sword is made of hardwood .tied with Sageo on the Kurigaga (knob) of the scabbard.
BO-Hi:Usually Bo-hi added to the blade is to lighten it and provide audible feedback when swung.it is called Blood-Groove sometimes. This sword has no bo-hi.




Engraving
We can engrave English words, Chinese Characters on the blade for free.

By paying additional $20, we can engrave a pattern or Japanese words for you.

Hamon
We can add or remove the machine-made wavy hamon for free.

Bo-hi ( Blood Groove)
Usually thought be used for bloodletting only. It is also used to lighten the weight of the sword. We can add or remove Bo-hi for free

Sharpness
Most of our blades are sharp. We can also make the blade unsharpened for free if you require.
Colored Blade
If you want to change to a different color blade, please contact us before purchase.

Matching Swords Set
If you buy one katana, we can make a matching Wakizashi or Tanto for you. The price varies from different swords. Please contact us if you need make custom matching set.


