Samurai Painted Silvery Saya Japanese Tanto Sword Carbon Steel engraved blade. A tanto is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tanto dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. Tanto were used in traditional martial arts (tantojutsu). The term has seen a resurgence in the West since the 1980s as a point style of modern tactical knives, designed for piercing or. The tanto is a sword, but is used as a knife. The blade is single or double edged with a length between 15 and 30 cm (1 Japanese shaku). The tanto was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. Tanto are generally forged in hira-zukuri style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the shinogi-zukuri structure of a katana. Some tanto have particularly thick cross-sections for armor-piercing duty, and are called yoroi toshi. The blade of this sword is made of. The high-performance blade has very good toughness and does not deform when bent at 90 degrees. The hardness is as high as 55. 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 sword as a gift! OVERALL LENGTH: 55 cm / 21.7 inch BLADE LENGTH: 33 cm / 13 inch TSUKA LENGTH: 17 cm / 6.7 inch BLADE WIDTH: 3.2 cm / 1.26 inch BLADE THICKNESS: 0.7 cm / 0.28 BLADE CRAFT: fully hand forged, water quenching BLADE MATERIAL: carbon steel BLADE SHAPE: Shinogidukuri NAKAGO: full tang KISSAKI: medium (chukissaki). TSUKA(HANDLE): hard wood core, Hineri maki MEKUGI: 1 bamboo peg TSUKA-ITO: gray wrapping cord SAMEGAWA: black rayskin FUCHI / KASHIRA / MENUKI: alloy TSUBA(HAND GUARD): alloy HABAKi & SEPPA: brass SAYA: silvery lacquered wooden scabbard with gray sageo. 1 sword with saya. No display stand and other fittings along with. 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 “swords001″ and is located in this country: CN. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Katana
- Tang: Full
- Handle Material: Wood
- Blade Material: Damascus Steel
- Theme: Samurai
- Dexterity: Ambidextrous
- Edge: Curved, Single
- Handedness: Single-Handed
- Brand: SJ SHI JIAN
- Color: Gray
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Country/Region of Manufacture: China
- Style: Japanese