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The Piper
...here it is
It has been said that in simplicity lies great beauty, an axiom stunningly validated by the Hanwei Golden Oriole Katana. The story told by the stunning tsuba is of a mantis stealthily stalking the cricket, unaware that he is himself being stalked by the Golden Oriole. The deeply lacquered blue of the saya is repeated in the Japanese cotton tsuka-ito, and the Oriole appears again on the kashira. Unmistakably Hanwei quality, the 14" tsuka of the katana gives a superb balance to the sword, allowing it to move very quickly and very freely. Supplied with a protective cloth bag and maintanence kit This is a sharpened battle ready samurai sword.
The Golden Oriole Japanese swords have a sharpened hand tempered steel blade. Genuine rayskin handle with blue Japanese cottoncord wrap.
The Golden Oriole features a cast metal tsuba has an antique copper finish with brass and gold highlights depicting a mantis stalking a cricket, and he is unaware that he himself is being
stalked by the Golden Oriole.
Each piece in the Golden Oriole series (katana sword and wakizashi sword) has a hand-forged 1065 high-carbon steel blade, differentially tempered using a traditional claying method. Edge hardness is 60HRC, back hardness 40HRC.
The deeply lacquered blue of the saya is repeated in the Japanese cotton tsuka-ito, and the Oriole appears again on the kashira. The 14" tsuka of the katana gives a superb balance to the sword, allowing it to move very quickly and very freely.
Hand forged high-carbon steel
Traditional construction
wooden scabbard with blue lacquer finish.
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