1095 carbon steel black double NINJATO Japanese ninja sword katana musashi tsuba. The ninjato is often portrayed as having a straight blade (similar to that of a shikomizue) with a square guard. Hayes suggests that the typical description of the ninjato could be due to ninja having to forge their own blades from slabs of steel or iron with the cutting edge being ground on a stone, with straight blades being easier to form than the much more refined curved traditional Japanese sword. His second possible reason for ninjato being described as a straight-bladed, rather short sword could be that the ninja were emulating one of the patron Buddhist deities of ninja families, Fudo Myo-oh, who is depicted brandishing a straight-bladed short sword similar to a chokuto. Stephen Turnbull, a historian specializing in the military history of Japan indicates of historical ninja: The most important ninja weapon was his sword. This was the standard Japanese fighting sword or katana… For convenience the ninja would choose a blade that was shorter and straighter than usual. Blade thickness: 0.7 cm / 0.28 inch. Blade width: 3.2 cm / 1.26 inch. Blade length: 70 cm / 27.6 inch. Overall length: 103 cm / 40.6 inch. Blade Material: High carbon steel, electroplating black. Straight & double swords. Saya (scabbard): Black matte sheath. Handle(tsuka): 26 cm / 10.24 inch, Wrapped with black flat wax cord. Other fittings: Brass habak i& high-grade brass seppa (electroplating black) + brass kashira (electroplating black)+ black silk sageo. About 1095 carbon steel. The best quality of high carbon steel is at 1095, the carbon content was 1.03%, and the element contains a small amount of chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, after heat treatment can reach HRC 58-60 hardness, toughness is very good, but not resistant to rust, more be applied to traditional european-style hunting knife, large cutting knife and military dao. Such as the United States during world war ii “KA – BAR” saber is in 1095 as the blade material. Plating (Electroplating) is the use of electrolytic principle in some metal surface on a thin layer of other metal or alloy plating process, is the use of electrolytic action made of metal or other materials adhered on the surface of the parts of a layer of metal film technique to prevent metal oxidation (rust), improve the wear resistance and electric conductivity, reflective resistance, corrosion resistance, copper sulfate, etc. And improve aesthetics, and so on. The item have two straight swords, full black. The blade is no bo-hi, electroplating black and no wavy hamon. As the shooting light, angle and color displays, physical and photos maybe some differences! The stand is only for display, not included in the package. If you don’t like the original mountings, you can choose the favorite ones from the options. 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. We can engrave English words, Chinese Characters on the blade for free. We can add or remove the machine-made wavy hamon for free. 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. Most of our blades are sharp. We can also make the blade unsharpened for free if you require. The price varies from different swords. International Buyers – Please Note. Please contact with us before you leave feedback. We will try our best to solve the problem for you, thank you. 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. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Swords & Sabers\Asian\Japanese”. The seller is “moranguoji2015″ and is located in this country: CN. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: katana
- Tang: Full
- Handle Material: Wood
- Blade Material: Carbon Steel
- Theme: Samurai
- Dexterity: Right-Handed
- Edge: Single, Straight
- Handedness: Double-Handed
- Brand: SJ SHI JIAN
- Color: Black
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Country/Region of Manufacture: China
- Style: Japanese