John Lee - Kappa Katana (Folded Line)

  

Hand forged 12 times folded Blade (about 8000 layers) of 1045 Carbon steel.

Blade in Shinogi-Zukuri-Style with fuller (Bo-Hi).
Wooden handle with real blacked ray skin and red cotton wrap in classical Hineri-Maki-Style.
Black glossy lacquered scabbard (Kuroro-Style)
Blade 73 cm, Overall 102,5 cm, Handle length 29 cm.

Folded Line:
Typical of the Folded Line is the wonderful, sharp grounded Damascus blade.
The 12 times folded 1045 Carbon steel reached to about 8.000 Layers. The unique Damascus structure (Hada) of each sword comes from a professional surface treatment. The worked into Hamon-Line for an appealing, authentic visual effect.
The hardness of the Folded Line is about 50 HRC. The sharpness and solidity would be sufficient for practical use but recommended for that are the Practical Line and the Premium Line.

Kappa Katana:
Kappa (river child) is a mythical creature in Japanese mythology. It is a water goblin that tears into the deep and drowns people who come too close to a body of water. This extraordinary katana shows a kappa and an unsuspecting hiker on its hand-made ornamental rates.