Spring Sakura Katana - TTB
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Spring Sakura Katana - TTB

$445.00
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Spring Sakura Katana - Through Tempered Blade 5160 Through-Tempered High-Carbon Forged Steel Blade Traditional Construction with Exceptional Attention to Detail Cherry Blossom Motif Item # SD35190 Overall: 39 1/2"Blade Length: 27"Handle Length: 11 1/4"Weight: 2 lbs 7 ozWidth at Guard: 31mmWidth at Tip: 23mmThickness at Guard: 6.5mmThickness at Tip: 4.5mmSori: 3/4"Blade Steel: 5160 The sakura,  or cherry blossom,  explodes brilliantly and gorgeously in the Spring but soon falls.  History teaches us there was no greater glory for a samurai warrior than to fall in battle in a field of scattered cherry blossoms.  Our Spring Sakura Katana represents this beautiful Japanese metaphor of the transience of life.  The blackened fuchi,  kashira and ornate stainless cherry blossom tsuba accent the forged and through-hardened 27"  blade.  The 5160 forged high-carbon steel blade features a 1 ½"  kissaki  (point)  and marquenched to an edge hardness of 57HRc with blade geometry conducive to rigorou

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