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Kami Tanto - Paul Chen
The Kami Tanto has a hand-forged and folded K120C powder steel blade, featuring a hand engraved “Fudo” Horomono and Bo-Hi. The folding process creates exceptional hada, or grain pattern, along the blade accentuated by the distinctive hamon. The Saya is deeply lacquered in red, with a black ring-carved section at the mouth. The ray skin used on the tsuka is of the highest quality, and the tsuka-ito and sageo are woven from best quality Japanese silk. The Fuchi, Kashira, Kojiri, Koiguchi and Kurigata are all made from blackened bronze, with decoration in relief and selective detailing of copper, silver and gold. The Tsuba, which depicts the Kami, or Guardian Warriors, is crafted in hardened blackened copper with decoration in relief and selective silver and gold detailing. The Habaki is of two-piece construction, the inner section being copper and the outer section gold-plated brass.See Models SH1201 and SH1202 for the Kami Katana and Wakizashi details.
Specifications:
Hand forged and folded steel blades
Top-of-the-line quality
Traditional construction
Overall: 15“, 38,10 cm
Blade Length: 9 1/2“, 24,13 cm
Handle Length: 4 1/2”, 11,43 cm
Weight: 10oz, 286 gram
Thickness at Guard: .260
SH1203
Specs will vary slightly from piece to piece.
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