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Our New Range Of Hand-Forged DiZhu

KATANA`S

These Are Full Tang, Carbon Steel Blades, Secured By Two Pins.

Able To Be Dismantled For Maintenance.

Complete With Sword Bag.

Master Sword Makers Ages Are;

62 Yrs

47 Yrs

42 Yrs Togishi (Polisher)

28 Yrs kozou (Apprentice)

19 Yrs kozou (Apprentice)

Giving Them A Cumulative

Sword making Experience Of Just Over 198 Yrs.

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Classifications of swords by length

Japanese use the shaku to measure the length of the cutting edge of the samurai swords. 1 shaku = 11.903542 inches.

Long Sword (Daito): over 2 shaku in length; there are the longer of the two swords commonly worn by the samurai; difficult to temper a daito because of its length.
Medium Sword (Wakizashi): 1~2 shaku in length; worn by samurai as auxiliary sword, or by non-samurai, who were allowed to wear no more than one sword of this length.
Short Sword (Tanto): less than 1 shaku in length; the shorter of the two swords worn by the samurai as auxiliary swords. Women and tradesmen used them as protective weapons. Commonly called as hara-kiri knives. They are usually the hira-zukuri (without ridgeline) types.

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IAITO PRACTICE KATANAS (Hand Forged) Please Click HERE For Further Details

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BELOW ARE ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF TSUBA.

OUR NEW RANGE WILL BE COPIED ON THESE AND OFFERED FOR

SALE EITHER AS STANDALONE ITEMS OR AS REPLACEMENTS

FOR THE ONE ON THE SWORD YOU HAVE PURCHASED.

IN THE FUTURE WE WILL OFFER A CUSTOM SERVICE WHEREBY YOU

CAN CHOOSE THE STYLE OF THE SWORD FITTINGS.

(SAYA COLOUR, WRAP, TSUBA ETC)

MAKING YOURS A TRULY UNIQUE WEAPON.

PRICES YET TO BE ARRANGED.

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