Hand-forged swords online shop from SwordsFor.Sale? You can customize your Handle Wrap and its Rayskin Under Wrap (Same’Gawa). This is where you can choose from a variety of colors for the part that you will hold, and give your sword a beautiful finish. Finally, you can choose from tens of options for your Scabbard (Saya) and also engrave your saya with a hand-drawn pattern. Once again, we recommend using the filters above the scabbard options to choose your saya as there are a multitude of possible selections. Then, you can choose your Scabbard Cord (Sageo) from 17 options. These are the finishing pieces of your specially made katana, that is now designed exactly in your image from literally millions of possible combinations and designs. Read extra info at Swords for sale.

Once the blade is finished, it’s finally time to assemble the sword. Usually, it’s a different person from the smith than the smith who does this – the Assembler. Before assembly, the most important thing is to build the scabbard and the wooden handle. Both these parts have to be built with the final blade. The process of building a Saya and Tsuka from hard wood can be pretty tedious and long – it has to be precise since they have to fit perfectly.

The Kobuse steel combines the two potent techniques to produce katana swords that are tough at the center but sturdy to prevent breaking on the outer layer: the best for cutting, but also the most aesthetic. The process for creating a kobuse steel blade is also the longest, since two types of steel have to be merged together and refined to forge it. Tamahagane, literally “jewel steel,” is a form of steel produced according to Japanese custom. The definition of tama is “round and precious” much like a jewel. Steel is what the word hagane means. Samurai swords like the katana and various other tools are made using tamahagane, a material made from iron sand.

The type of steel normally used for modern swords is usually High-Carbon steel. High-Carbon steel, on the other hand, is perfect for functional, battle-ready swords. This type of steel can also be Folded (giving us the look known as “Damascus steel” – with its beautiful wavy patterns. It can also be Clay-Tempered – creating a beautiful natural Hamon on it and strengthening the blade even further. Finally, it can also be Microplated with a special color and then Polished and Sharpened with many different techniques.

Carbon Folded or Unfolded Steel. The most widely used steel type for swords is High-Carbon Steel. This is a type of steel that (). Carbon Steel can also be Folded (creating the beautiful “Damascus Steel” pattern) and Clay-Tempered to create a Hamon. Spring Steel. Another very widely used type of steel is Spring Steel. It’s the favorite steel type of the survivalist, for it is very resistant and can withstand heavy bending and come back to its normal shape. Kobuse Steel. Then, we have Kobuse Steel – our Premium steel at Swords for Sale. This is a mix of Clay-Tempered 1095 Steel for the Core of its blade, and 1095 Folded Steel for its outer part. This makes its core soft and its outer, cutting part very hard – a truly superior blade. It’s also polished with our special Hazuya stone giving it an amazing look.

In ancient Japan, katanas were very rare and valuable. They were made with special techniques and metals – more specifically one – Tamahagane steel (also called Jewel Steel). This is a special type of steel issued from iron sand smelted in the traditional Japanese low furnace. Tamahagane steel swordsmithing is not completely extinct nowadays, but nearly. This is simply because the traditional methods of smelting, forging, and refining a blade is extremely expensive. Moreover, the special ore (Tamagahane) required for the traditional process is very rare – and thus expensive. Moreover, swords are actually illegal in Japan, so it’s very hard to get any of these so-prized pieces of art out of the country. Read more info on https://swordsfor.sale/.