John Lee - Goemon Katana (Practical Line)

  

Blade made of 926 carbon-spring-steel in Unokubi-Zukuri-Style.
Handpainted Tsubo with classical woodcut-motives.
Wooden handle with real blackened ray skin and brown buckskin.
Black glossy lacquered scabbard.
Blade 74,5 cm, Overall 104 cm ; Handle length 29 cm.

Practical Line:
Sword of the Practical Line are made for practical use. According to the model it is either consistently hardened 9260 carbon-spring-steel (55 HRC) or differentiated hardened 1095 Carbon steel with real Hamon-Line (60 HRC on the cutting edge, 40 HRC on the bladeback) be used.

Ishikawa Goemon (* 16th century - Aug 10th 1594) is a Japanese folklore hero. Similar to Robin Hood, he is said to have robbed the rich and given it to the poor. Many myths and legends still exist about him today, such as the failed attempt to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whereupon he was sentenced to death with other relatives and executed alive in boiling oil. He is said to have heroically tried to save his son by holding him out of the cauldron.
The John Lee Goemon Katana takes up this topic. Among other things, the tsuba shows Goemon executing after a wood engraving by Toyokuni Ichiyoai. In addition to other motifs, his name can be found on the Fuchi in Japanese script.
The lettering on the blade is etched.