Wonderful folded steel, hand-forged KATANA : The Heart of the Dragon TÜV is a historical model from Edo period.

• Heart of the Dragon TUV :
  • Sugata (Blade style): Hand-forged curved blade with a Bohi (groove) and Chu-Kissaki (tip). Folded steel (45C & C55Si7- USA: Steel 1095). 13 times folded to achieve ca. 8192 layers. Traditional clay-wrapping technique for differential hardening. There are beautiful hada (grain in steel, pattern of folding the steel) in the blade. The hardness of its Mune is ca 43° and the Ha (blade edge) is ca 60° HRC Rockwell. The blade spine is iori-mune, the edge is without Niku. (cutting sharp blade).
  • Blade lenght (from habaki): ca 71 cm/ 28 inches.
  • Sori (curvature): 1,52 cm / 0,6 inch.
  • Tsuka: Brown/white
  • Tsuba: Round
  • Delivered with protective cloth bag.

Pricing:

In accordance with the new law, all orders from Great Britain for sharp swords cannot be processed without official permission given.
- How to get a permisson for such item - please ask your local police station.