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Excellent hand-forged swords online shop? Microplating your blade is a wise choice if you don’t plan to use it for extremely heavy cutting and want to add an extra layer of protection on it, which might also help it from rusting as well as enhance its aesthetic. Choose your custom katana’s sharpening options. An unsharpened blade is mainly used when you have safety concerns or for practice. A hand-sharpened blade is razor-sharp and is mainly used for light and medium cutting. An extra sharpened blade with our Niku stone is mainly used for sustained, heavy cutting through hard surfaces. Discover more information on 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.

We therefore use High-Carbon steel for most of our swords, as it provides: A Strong, Hard Blade First off, a carbon steel sword’s blade is extremely strong — much stronger than a stainless steel sword. Japanese swordsmiths employed carbon steel to create katana swords after learning about this characteristic of the material in feudal Japan. Carbon steel swords can withstand combat whereas other metal swords are readily broken when needed. Swords made of carbon steel also have the advantage of having a lasting edge. In other words, the sword’s sharpened blade won’t break or simply shatter. Before carbon steel was developed, the Samurai would repeatedly sharpen their knives. Just a little amount of pressure might have harmed their blade, so they had to be very meticulous with it. Carbon steel swords, on the other hand, are more resistant to this kind of harm due to their strength, allowing them to keep their edge.

In order to be usable, a katana needs to have a full-tang blade, meaning the blade has a part of steel going into the handle through the Habaki (blade collar) with a wrap (Ito) over it. That part of steel must be nearly the same width as the blade – which constitutes a full tang. Real, functional swords always have a full tang blade. There are other types of tang, which are of lesser quality and risk breaking when handled. One is the rat tang style, which can be seen in the picture under. A rat tang is usually welded to the blade, and thus is separate to it. While a rat tang might cut costs for the manufacturer, it makes for a much weaker blade. The sword’s handle could break at anytime, especially while hitting harder targets. Rat-tang blades, or any partial tang blades are definitely not recommended for cutting or martial arts practice – they’re wall-hangers.

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.

One by one, each sword is hand-forged, assembled, and reviewed by swordsmiths, blade polishers, and sword assemblers over the course of weeks. The blade is always the longest thing to make. The steel has to be selected, forged and perhaps folded (for the beautiful “Damascus” pattern), and can also be clay-tempered to create a beautiful natural hamon line. This is just an introduction to the first, rawest aspect of creating a custom blade. To see all the parts at play, please visit our custom Japanese swords products. Find additional details on swordsfor.sale.