Crane Katana by Bugei Paul Chen Custom

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I bought this a few years ago for Tamashigiri, it is made for that purpose, however, I never did any cutting with this balde. It has been used in iai drills as you can view on our Dojo web site. . As big as this blade is our Sensei wants us to have even bogger blades that we are having custome made by world renown blade maker Don Polzein. Go to to see this great blade at a full retail price of $1,250The following is a description as seen on Bugei, the dimensions are below. Crane Katana In collaboration with Paul Chen, Bugei is offering an elegant new sword at a very reasonable price. Lighter and faster than the Samurai, our Crane style is forged out of Swedish powdered steel with a dramatic hada, grain pattern, resulting from the forging/folding process. The tsuba, guard, is a pierced crane style and quite beautiful. The Crane symbolizes wisdom and longevity. The menuki are a younger and an older scholar/sage. The meaning is this, a man of wisdom and integrity would be long in the service of his lord, usually surviving one lord to serve the next generation, thus the analogy with the Crane, wisdom and longevity. This sword will serve well those who want a lighter blade for iaido and yet still want a blade that has the strength for serious cutting.The nakago on the Crane Katana is ten inches in length with two mekugi securing the read more

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