Folded Steel Wakizashi Muromachi, remaining stock

Wakizashi Bohi :

Sugata (Blade style): Hand-forged curved blade with 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. (The blade has got a flat and cutting sharp edge).

Blade lenght (from Habaki): ca 50 cm/ 20 inches.

Sori (curvature): 1,52 cm / 0,6 inch.

Tsuka: Red Ito on white stingray-skin
Delivered with Saya and protective cloth bag.