The Katana Paper Crane is undoubtedly the greatest achievement in katana making by Hanwei.
The blade is made of Tamahagane steel.
The saya has a kozuka. The kozuka is decorated with musical instruments from the theater. The paper crane theme is conveyed to the extraordinary hand-woven silk sageo, the result of many hours of skilled handwork.
Tamahagane steel is produced by building and firing a tatara, a traditional Japanese sword steel smelter. This charcoal furnace produces very pure steel from iron sand, and this steel kera or bloom can be broken and separated into pieces with high and low carbon content, which form the skin steel and core steel of the blade. The steel is repeatedly forged and folded, to remove slag and voids, and then wrapped around a steel core before the resulting billet is forged into a blade, traditionally called kobuse construction. Careful heat treatment, shaping, and polishing reveal the robust hada or layered pattern of the blade and the white particles of the hamon or temper line. Although this process results in aesthetic qualities highly admired by collectors, it also produces a very functional blade, as the high carbon content of the steel sheath allows for a very hard edge, while the softer core steel gives the blade resilience and the ability to absorb impacts.
Made by Hanwei
Model: SH2294
- Tamahagane steel blade
- Superior hamon and polish
- Blade material: Tamahagane steel
- Overall length: approx. 99.7 cm
- Blade length: approx. 71.1 cm
- Handle length: approx. 26 cm
- Weight: approx. 1042 g
- Balance point: approx. 10.3 cm from the guard
- Blade width at guard: approx. 3.1 cm
- Blade thickness at guard: approx. 6 mm<
- Blade thickness at tip: approx. 4 mm
NOTE: delivery 3-7 business days
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