A shinai must be properly taken care of or it can pose a danger to both the user and the people around it.

Due to a close cooperation with one of the best forges we now can introduce for the European Market this unique and High Quality katana. One of the biggest characteristics of the katana is that the body itself shows a sense of art beyond the appearance decoration.

The lines on the blade are not really crisp but they are well formed for a production blade and the habaki termination is pretty solid for a Hanwei blade. As a result of this lack of rigidity, along with the relative innocuous nature of bamboo vs razor-sharp steel, the impacted area is less damaged and may experience only bruising, rather than life-threatening deep cuts or puncture wounds, even with strong and forceful strikes.

Huanuo Forge made this Tamahagane material in a Chinese Tatara, a clay furnace with chargoal and controlled with bellows.The blade is hand forge laminated into four separate sections with three types of steel into an advanced Honsanmai laminate structure. Bamboo, revered and admired by the Japanese Samurai for its exceptionally fast growth, towering height, strength and flexibility.

The blade of this Katana（samurai sword） is grinded with a mirror surface and can really be used as a mirror，Saya (scabbard) is thin, which can make it grip better. AA,MEI Inscription on the hilt (usually the name of the katana maker,but there are often other information).Our katana is independently designed and produced by artisans who have been in the industry for decades through more than a dozen traditional processes such as forging, quenching, polishing, and grinding. For example, an adult may be able to use a shinai that is too heavy for a younger person, so shinai with different sizes and characteristics are made. We also know that personalization is in the details, so we offer many different bamboo katana derivative series like scabbard(saya) has antique golden scabbard, camo leather scabbard, snake scabbard, cyan scabbard etc. Inserted between the ends of the slats, under the saki-gawa, is a plastic plug saki-gomu ( 先ゴム), and under the tsuka-gawa there is a small square of metal chigiri ( ちぎり), that holds the slats in place.

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All of our katana are of Fu Tang structure, with a thick keel integrated and fixed with two eye nails to provide better strength and resistance during practice, while also respecting Japanese technical know-how. G.MUNEMACHI The notch at the top of the blade stem,where the back surface (mune) of the blade begins. Overhaul the choice of components used make for a very subtle but attractive well made well presented Katana. Perhaps one day I will qualify to have an opinion but for now read my review and understand it is the perspective of a newbie enthusiast. Now the business end, the Blade, the blade is done in the form of Chu-Kissaki blade in the Shinogi Zikuri style ( I’d suggest looking this up for a detailed explanation needless to say it describes shape and form.