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The Musashi handmade folded steel katana is a very sharp, full-tang samurai sword made from differentially hardened, forge-folded 1060 carbon steel. Its blade has 8,000 layers of steel, ayasugi-hada with some mokume-hada, a midare hamon, bohi, medium niku for medium traditional targets, and a chu kissaki with a kaeri-asashi turn back.
Overall length is 39.25"; nagasa length is 27.5"; and tsuka length is 10.75". Blade thickness is 0.317" at the habaki and 0.22" at the kissaki; sori is 0.697"; kissaki length is 1.67"; blade width is 1.244" at the habaki and 0.843" at the kissaki. Weight without the saya is 2.40 lbs, balance point is 4", and yakiba hardness is 58 degrees. The construction is listed as forge-folded mono steel.
The saya has a glossy red and black piano lacquer finish and a bull horn koiguchi. Its sageo is high-quality black and red chemical fiber. The fittings include a two-tone oxidized brass tsuba depicting bushi on a battlefield, brass fuchigashira, and two smoked bamboo mekugi. The listed ito and sageo material is chemical fiber; the detailed construction description specifies black cotton ito over ray skin samegawa. The katana comes with a wooden gift box, sword bag, cleaning kit, and certificate of authenticity. It is brand new; specs may vary slightly from sword to sword. Stand sold separately.