Musashi Handmade Functional Sea Dragon Samurai Katana Sword 41"

The word Samurai means "the one who serves". The samurai led very disciplined lives. They strived always to achieve perfection of the martial arts and their character. Samurai were expected to be capable of bringing the same degree of discipline to the social community as they would to the removal of an enemy's head in battle. This warrior's choice of weapon was the Katana. The katana is a devastatingly quick and powerful weapon. The Samurai viewed the Katana as almost a living thing which they greatly revered. These powerful yet graceful Katanas are made with the old ways in the mountains of China. These are full tanged, battle ready, and razor sharp.

Blade: The blade of the sword is hand made Carbon Steel with a hamon along the edge of the blade. The edge of the blade is sharp enough to cut right through an edge of piece of paper. The blade is full tang and features a small kissake and bloodline.

Saya (Scabbard): The saya of the sword is wooden with a black glossy finish. A black sageo is wrapped around the sword with a wooden and steel Kurigata.

Tsuba (Guard): The Tsuba is Copper with a Kaku Gata design. At the beginning of the Tsuba is a steel blade collar and Seppa. The actual Tsuba is a Japanese water dragon set against waves. The Tsuba features two Hitsu-ana on each side and another Seppa between the Fuchi and Tsuba.

Tsuka (Handle): The Tsuka is imitation ray skin with a black nylon wrap. Two Menuki shaped like dragons are on each side of the Tsuka. The handle covers the full tang of the sword and two bamboo Mekugi secure the tang. The Kashira (pommel) is blackened steel with a pattern of waves.

The Sword includes a collectors box, sword stand and cleaning kit.

Musashi Katana Series:
Musashi was one of the best samurai warriors of the Edo/Tokugawa period. He was thought to be a legend, due to his unusual fighting style. He fought using the Ni-ten Ichi Ryu way, which was a two-sword swordsmanship that he developed himself. He fought with a katana and a wakizashi at the same time! He said he trained using two long-swords in order to develop his strength. With his great strategy and skill Musashi killed many of his enemies in one-to-one duels. His first duel was at the age of 13! We strongly recommend this sword and we also recommend buying a wakizashi in order to reach Musashi's incredible style!

Carbon Steel
Carbon steel, also called plain carbon steel, is a metal alloy, a combination of two elements, iron and carbon, where other elements are present in quantities too small to affect the properties. The only other alloying elements allowed in plain-carbon steel are manganese (1.65% max), silicon (0.60% max), and copper (0.60% max). Steel with a low carbon content has the same properties as iron, soft but easily formed. As carbon content rises the metal becomes harder and stronger but less ductile and more difficult to weld. Higher carbon content lowers steel's melting point and its temperature resistance in general.

* Mild (low carbon) steel: approximately 0.05–0.29% carbon content[1] (e.g. AISI 1018 steel). Mild steel has a relatively low tensile strength, but it is cheap and malleable; surface hardness can be increased through carburizing.[2]

* Medium carbon steel: approximately 0.30–0.59% carbon content[1](e.g. AISI 1040 steel). Balances ductility and strength and has good wear resistance; used for large parts, forging and automotive components.[3]

* High carbon steel: approximately 0.6–0.99% carbon content [1]. Very strong, used for springs and high-strength wires.[4]

* Ultra-high carbon steel: approximately 1.0–2.0% carbon content [1]. Steels that can be tempered to great hardness. Used for special purposes like (non-industrial-purpose) knives, axles or punches. Most steels with more than 1.2% carbon content are made using powder metallurgy and usually fall in the category of high alloy carbon steels.