Wonderful folded steel, hand-forged KATANA : The Sukinokishi is an historical version from the Edo Period.
Sukinokishi :
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Sugata (Blade style): Hand-forged curved blade with a Bohi (groove) and Chu-Kissaki (tip). Folded steel (C45 & 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. (The blade has got a flat and cutting sharp edge).
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Blade lenght (from habaki): ca 71 cm/ 28 inches.
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Sori (curvature): 1,52 cm / 0,6 inch.
- Tsuka: Brown/white
- Tsuba: Sukinokishi
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Delivered with protective cloth bag.
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Pricing:
| For 1 Sukinokishi Article n°: JAP04BrW287 | |
| European Community Citizen | None European Community Citizen |
| Retail price: |
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1 080,00 € including 19% VAT |
907,56 € excluding 19% VAT |
| Membre price | |
| 1 026,00 € including 19% VAT | 862,18 € excluding 19% VAT |
| Estimated delivery time: 8-10 weeks | ||
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