April 5, 2024
Antiques Japanese military Handmade long words Blade brass sheath katana
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Antiques Japanese military Handmade long words Blade brass sheath katana Shipping cost: (The United States; Australia; Italy;other region by EMS ) AU $ 0.00 The combined shipping for 2 items can save 8% of the cost, that for 3~6 items together can save 15%.Overall Length; 105 cm Blade length :69 cm Payments : We Accept Paypal Features: Blade Blade: Full handmade Blade. Folded again and again during forging. Vivid undulating grain on the blade. Heat tempered. A long Hi on each side of blade. As the picturess showed, in good condition. Edge: Sharp Tang: Full tang with 1 Mekugi (peg) HANDMADE SWORD Real handmade swords have a wood grain like pattern in the outer skin called the jihada. It comes from laminating many layers of steel to make the blade flexible. The blades are made by starting with a piece of hard steel to serve as the foundation of the sword. The skin or is made of hundreds of layers of softer steel that serve as a way to make the sword more flexible and resistant to breaking. Next the sword is covered in a ceramic like clay with just the cutting portion of the blade exposed and heated and tempered. This results in a very hard cutting edge on a flexible yet hard blade. Then the blade is adorned with artwork like the tsuba and handle and scabbard. CONSERVATION 1>Do not attempt to sharpen the blade. The use of sharpening
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