Sword Introduction:
Overall Length:40.6 inch / 103 cm |
Blade Material:Damascus folded steel clay tempered |
Nagasa Length:27.8 inch / 70.5 cm |
Handle Material:Brass with hand carving |
Handle Length:10.6 inch / 27 cm |
Saya Material:Brass with hand carving |
Motohaba(width near habaki) : 3.15cm |
Tsuba Material:Brass |
Sakihaba(width near yokote) : 2.3cm |
Habaki and Seppa:Brass |
Sakikasane(thickness at yokote) : 3mm |
Kissaki Shape:CHU-KISSAKI |
Kasane(thickness at habaki) : 7.5mm |
Blade Shape:SHINOGUI-ZUKURI |
Sori(curve) : 1.9cm |
Weight : 2.2kg |
-The Tachi sword is made of folded steel with full clay tempered laminated in Maru structure and come with a full length Tang greatly enhances the strength of the sword while swung.Fully hand forged,hand shaping,hand polishing in the most traditional sword making method.
-The folded steel was result from1095 high carbon steel which were smelted and pounded to fold 13 times to creat 8192 layers. Layering the steel creats resilience (toughness)that makes each part of the blade more likely to bend,and spring back,but not broken.The obvious undulating texture on the balde was resulted from folded repeatedly during forging.
-Dremsword applied a different thicknesses of clay to the edge and spine(back) of the blade respectively to control the rate at which the blades cools when quenching,turn into a harder edge and softer back.A beautiful real hamon was appeared on the blade(quenching and tempering).This blade has no bo-hi (blood groove) which can enhance its strength and cutting power.
-The blade was hand polished and abrasive by HAZUYA (a very thin Uchigumori stone on a paper backing) which is soft against the steel and bring up the hamon.
-The tsuba set is made of Brass and well carved into blossom theme,The tsuka and saya are made of hardwood,and put them through hacking,slotting,gluing,polishing and shaping treatment,and design proper degree of tightness for the sword blade to enter and out,then the tsuka and the saya are full wrapped with antique finished and hand carved brass.
-The real Tachi is really a top quality Authentic handmade production. All its parts can be disassembled and reassembled.It is suitable for anyone who like swords,especially for collectors,practitioners and superior of iaido, kendo, battodo, kenjutsu and ninjutsu.perfect for decorations.
Notes:
Due to Fully handmade, the specification varies slightly from sword to sword.