John Lee - Musashi Ichi Tanto (Forged Line)

  

Hand forged Blade of 1045 Carbone 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 26,5 cm, Overall 41 cm, Handle length 14 cm.

Forged Line:
The Forged Line includes all favorable beginner models. The sharp blades are made of hardened 1045 Carbon steel with worked into Hamon-Line for an authentic visual effect.
The hardness of the Forged Line is about 52 to 55 HRC. The sharpness and solidity would be sufficient for practical use but recommended for that are the Practical Line and the Premium Line.

Musashi Ichi Katana:
Miyamoto Musashi got down in Japanese history as one of the most remarkable Samurai and lived from 1584 - 1645. He will vaunted as the best Sword fighter from Japan. He was a warrior, artist and workman at once. The combat style "Niten Ichi Ryû" was devised by him and will still taught today. At it the shortsword and the longsword is used at the same time. Unvorgotten his founding of a school for guard-producing (Tsuba). His most famous, very simple Tsuba is composed of two oval rings.