Folded steel, hand-forged differentially hardened KATANA ''Kusanaji''. These are the technical specifications:
Kusanaji:
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Sugata (Blade style): Hand-forged curved blade with narrow Hi (groove) on both sides which ends by the middle of the blade and a wider Hi that ends 31 cm from the Habaki. The blade is sharp on both sides from this point onwards. The blade spine is iori-mune
, the edge is without (cutting sharp blade) without Niku
. . Folded Steel (C45, C105W- USA: Steel 1095). The hardness of its Mune is ca 43° and the Ha (blade edge) is ca 60° HRC Rockwell 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. -
Blade lenght (from habaki): ca 71 cm/ 28 inches.
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Sori (curvature): 1,52 cm / 0,6 inch.
- Tsuka: Black /white
- Tsuba: Kusanaji
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Delivered with protective cloth bag.
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Pricing:
| For 1 Kusanaji Article n°: JAP16BW285 | |
| European Community Citizen | None European Community Citizen |
| Retail price: |
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1 150,00 € including 19% VAT |
966,36 € excluding 19% VAT |
| Membre price | |
1 092,50 € including 19% VAT |
918,07 € excluding 19% VAT |
| Estimated delivery time: 8-10 weeks | ||
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