John Lee - Musahi Kazara 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 ray skin and cotton wrap in classical Hineri-Maki-Style.
Black glossy lacquered scabbard (Kuroro-Style)
Blade 73 cm, Overall 103,5 cm, Handle length 30 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.

Musahi Karara Katana:
Miyamoto Musashi went down in Japanese history as one of the most notable samurai and lived from 1584 to 1645. He is known as the best swordsman in Japan. He was a fighter, artist and craftsman at the same time. He developed his own fighting style, which is still taught today as "Niten Ichiryu". Short and long swords are used simultaneously. His founding of a school for the manufacture of guard plates (tsuba) has not been forgotten. His most famous, very simple tsuba consists of two oval rings.
In this version, the tsuba is also decorated with fine golden inlays, the other fittings are also elegantly decorated.