elegant blue clay tempered japanese samurai katana sword damascus folded steel For Sale

elegant blue clay tempered japanese samurai katana sword damascus folded steel The blade of this katana is made of 1095 carbon steel. It was folded forged by 15 times. It can be used in battle or for display. We would highly recommend it as a gift. Anyone would be thrilled to receive a gorgeous katana sword as a gift!This katana can be taken apart fully for maintenance purposes. You can disassemble the sword by taking out the pegs from the handle.
GENERAL DATA
OVERALL LENGTH: 103 cm / 40.5 inch
BLADE LENGTH: 70 cm / 27.6 inch
TSUKA LENGTH: 26 cm / 10.24 inch
BLADE WIDTH: 3.2 cm / 1.26 inch
BLADE THICKNESS: 0.7 cm / 0.28
BLADE HRC: 58
BLADE CRAFT: fully handforged, water quenching, clay tempered
BLADE MATERIAL: carbon steel, folded forged by 15 times (32768 layers)
BLADE SHAPE: Shinogidukuri
NAKAGO: full tang
KISSAKI: medium (chūkissaki)
SHARPNESS: ★★★★★
MIRROR EFFECT: ★★★★★
MOUNTINGS
TSUKA(HANDLE): hard wood core, Hineri maki
MEKUGI: 2 bamboo pegs
TSUKA-ITO: blue synthetic silk wrapping cord
SAMEGAWA: genuine white rayskin
FUCHI / KASHIRA / MENUKI: alloy
TSUBA(HAND GUARD): iron
HABAKi & SEPPA: brass
SAYA: matt black lacquered wooden scabbard with blue & coffee sageo
PACKAGE
1 sword with sayaNo display stand and other fittings along withFOLDED STEEL
This means that the carbon steel is folded by 15 times to produce 32768 layers. The higher quantity of layers provides more unique and mystical hada patterns, which defines and displays the craftsman’s experience and knowledge of traditional metallurgy passed down from generation to generation. Only the utmost skilled bladesmiths (Toushyo) and polishers (Togi-shi) can bring out the beauty and life from the Shinsakuto live blade. During the forging process, all of the slags and impurities of the steel are burned off and folded forged to an uncompromised strength with an sharp cutting edge. The final carbon content is 1% and the hardness is an impressive HRC 55°on the Rockwell Scale. This high quality blade can easily cut through tatami straw mats or bamboo for Tameshigiri or Batto-do use.CLAY TEMPERED HARDENING
Before being quenched, a special clay mixture can be applied onto the blade to harden the edge and obtain different hardness on the blade. The clay mixture was a special recipe and considered a crucial trade secret, guarded protectively by sword making masters. It would contain such things as feathers, powdered bones, grass, etc. and would be applied to the edge of the blade before being quenched. During quenching, a chemical reaction between the clay mixture and the hot steel occurs during the sudden temperature drop and carbon is fed into the blade in high amounts, creating an extremely tough edge. A clay hardened blade can only be quenched in water, thus increasing the defect rate even more.
Another way for clay tempering is to apply clay along the blade but let edge exposed. Thus, while quenching the blade into water,the uncovered edge will cool down suddenly, but the rest of blade will cool down slowly. Such differential temperature change results in the different hardness of the blade. So the edge is tough enough to cut, where the back of blade is soft /flexible enough to absorb the impact during cutting. Such quenching process usually will leave beautiful wavy tempered line on the blade, as known as \"hamon\" in Japanese swords term.MOUNTINGS OPTIONSADDITIONAL SERVICEPAYMENTDELIVERY DETAILSCONTACT USMOUNTINGS OPTIONSIf you don\'t like the original mountings, you can choose the favorite ones from the options. Tell us your options before purchase.TSUBA
ITO & SAGEO
Handle wrapping cord and saya cord should be the same color. If you only want to change one of them to another color, please inform of it specially.Samegawa (rayskin)SayaADDITIONAL SERVICE

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.

PAYMENTAll payments are expected within 7 days after the last winning sale is closed. All items from unpaid sales will be forfeited and an Unpaid Item claim will be filed against your account on .International Buyers – Please Note:a) Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.b) Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to offerding/buying.DELIVERY DETAILSWe only ship to the confirmed address provided by . Before you pay, please make sure your address in matches the address you would like us to ship to.Buyers\' Information: We strive our best to provide you the most reliable, affordable way of shipping service. However, sometimes international delivery is highly depended on the courier company and local customs/duties. If you do not receive your item on time, please contact us immediately for further assistance. Please note that we do not ship on weekends, or national holidays. If you make a payment by eCheck, it may take longer since it has to clear your bank first before the order is processed. We recommend our buyer to combine shipping.CONTACT USIf there is any problem, just contact us.Please contact with us before you leave response. We will try our best to solve the problem for you, thank you.Customer satisfaction is always the most important for us.Sometimes,you may not get our reply immediately due to the time difference among each country. However, please be assured that we’ll strive to reply you as soon as possible once we got your messages. Wish you have a very pleasant buying experience with us.