Quality hand-forged Katana swords manufacturer? Microplating your blade is a wise choice if you don’t plan to use it for extremely heavy cutting and want to add an extra layer of protection on it, which might also help it from rusting as well as enhance its aesthetic. Choose your custom katana’s sharpening options. An unsharpened blade is mainly used when you have safety concerns or for practice. A hand-sharpened blade is razor-sharp and is mainly used for light and medium cutting. An extra sharpened blade with our Niku stone is mainly used for sustained, heavy cutting through hard surfaces. Read additional info at swords for sale.
Every single piece of the sword must fit together perfectly. A functional, balanced Japanese sword is the end-result of the Assembler‘s work. Finally, the blade has to be sharpened. Initially, rough, low-grain grindstones are used to sharpen katana blades, and then progressively, finer, higher-grain grindstones are utilised. Once the blade’s entire length is sharpened, the Togishi has to work on the tip (the kissaki), and uses a different technique to make it extra-sharp. Once the saya and tsuka are built, the handle has to be assembled along with the handle guard (tsuba), and blade collars, fuchi, menuki, etc. The handle is held in place to the tang by Mekugi (two small wooden cylinders).
Different forgers use different numbers of layers for their folding process. Moreover, each forger will fold the blade multiple times, up to 30 in some cases. At Swords for Sale, we fold each of our high-carbon blades 13 times – creating stronger, more durable, and aesthetically-pleasing swords. Moreover, high-carbon blades – folded or unfolded – can also be clay-tempered during their heat treatment – creating a beautiful “hamon” pattern. While carbon steels are amazing for swords, there is another type of steel which creates durable and strong blades. One of them is called spring steel – and contains silicon in its alloy. This is a type of steel that is much more durable than carbon steels due to this silicon content.
While we don’t provide any bokken (wooden practice swords), our katanas are perfect to train with. The only thing you need to do is select the “Unsharpened” option on any of our product pages. This way, you’re getting a Iaito sword – with a blade that has never been sharpened before. As a reminder, here are some useful Iaido and Kendo terms relating to the types of swords: A Bokken is a wood sword, which is the most widely used sword in martial arts training – especially Iaido and Kendo. A Iaito is a sword with a blade that has never been sharpened. In our products, you can get one by choosing the “Unsharpened” option. A Shinken is a sharp sword that isn’t meant for martial arts practice – but for real-world cutting and slashing. In our product pages, you can get one by choosing the “Razor-Sharp” or the “Extra Sharp with Niku stone” options. A Habikito is a sword that was a Shinken in its younger days but has been unsharpened through use and abuse.
Tamahagane Steel. We have Tamahagane Steel – also called crown jewel steel – the original steel used by traditional, feudal Japanese forgers. Today, the art of making blades from the tamahagane steel ore is almost extinct. The traditional processes for smelting, forging, and refining a blade is very expensive, so nearly no one does it. In addition, the particular ore (Tamagahane) needed for the conventional procedure is extremely expensive and rare. Finally, it is extremely difficult to export any of these highly valued works of art from Japan because swords remained illegal since the Samurai were abolished. Nowadays, many sellers sell fake Tamahagane from China, which is not real in 99% of cases.
A hand-forged sword that will last generations, at a reasonable price, should never be a distant dream. The sword of your dreams can actually be custom-made… just for you. We have Japanese and Chinese swords for sale, like the katana, wakizashi, ninjato, tanto knife, and also the more artistic Chinese dao and jiang swords. The katana is the original and most widely known Japanese sword. It was first created and worn by the Samurai – and also used and re-purposed by the Ninja – or Shinobi (who weren’t in fact wearing a black outfit and covered their face at all). See more info on https://swordsfor.sale/.