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Katana Specs:
Overall Length: 42"
Blade Length: 28"
Handle: Hardwood Red Oak
Blade type: Carbon Steel Blade
Reverse Blade Full Tang Construction
Handle Wrap: Real Ray Skin
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GEN II - BLACK - NEWEST RELEASE!
"Masterless Samurai"
Reverse blade? Yes. Full tang? Yes. Sharp? Yes. This is the reverse blade sword everyone has been requesting and waiting for. The guard and sword design is accurate to the Rurouni Kenshin anime series. The blade is thick carbon steel with sharpened reverse edge. High quality guard, black lacquered scabbard, real ray skin and leather wrapped handle. Can be disassembled for care.
Includes Hard Scabbard
ALSO INCLUDES:
Free sword storage bag
Notice: This product is especially dangerous because of the sharp reversed blade and should not be purchased for youths. Please be especially alert while opening and handling this sword
Kenshin
Kenshin was a former manslayer of the Ishin Shishi who fought at the
beginning of the Meiji Restoration. He went by the name "Hitokiri
Batto-sai" (spelled with a macron in the Viz manga, and spelled as
"Hitokiri Battousai" in the English anime releases). The title implies
he has mastered the technique of Batto-jutsu (sword drawing technique,
studied in modern times as Iaijutsu) and can draw his sword with
lightning speed. Hitokiri was the title given to samurai assassins ("man
slayers" in the English anime).
The sakabato- (lit. reverse-blade sword) is the main weapon of the
character Himura Kenshin, from the popular manga series Rurouni Kenshin.
It was created by Nobuhiro Watsuki as an original weapon that represents
Kenshin's lack of willingness to kill.
On a normal katana, the outwardly curved side of the sword is sharp,
while the inwardly curved side of the sword is blunt. In contrast, the
sakabato- has the cutting edge on the inwardly curved side of the sword.
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. |
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