BattleBlades Sodai Tamahagane (28″)

Description

BattleBlades Sodai Tamahagane Katana is in itself an exemplary showcase of the traditional Japanese swordsmithing arts with no corners cut on producing a Katana in a the heirloom manner. The highlight of the sword is its fine quality Tamahagane blade made in the time-honored way of smelting iron sands in a kiln to create Tamahagane “jewel steel” pieces which are then used as the foundation for the blade.

These pieces were then forge-welded together by a highly skilled bladesmith to create a Honsanmai laminated blade billet which has a softer core of Tamahagane steel jacketed in a core of harder steel Tamahagane. In addition to this the blade was clay tempered to possess a genuine hamon and then painstakingly polished with a variety of polishing stones to highlight the beauty of the Tamahagane steel.

Not only is the hamon edge bright and vibrant, but the layered steel is also evident, as are the traditional lamination lines and even the Nie crystallization in the Hada grain patterning. The amount of skilled craftsmanship that has gone into the production of this blade is as impressive as it is laborious and we encourage you to look at the end of this product description for a more thorough description of the whole process.

Following are the Features of BattleBlades Sodai Tamahagane (28″)

• 40.63″ (103.2cm) overall.
• 28″ (71.12cm) blade.
• Hand forged and polished Honsanmai Tamahagane steel blade with clay tempered hamon.
• 24K gold details on blackened copper tsuba, fuchi, and kashira.
• Serialized.
• Certificate of Authenticity.
• Black wood scabbard.
• Wooden storage box.