Winter Sun Katana - DTB
Winter Sun Katana - Differentially Tempered Blade 5160 Differentially Tempered Forged Carbon Steel Blade Authentic Construction and Details Real hamon line Item # SD35221 Overall: 44 1/2"Blade Length: 30 1/2"Handle Length: 12 3/4"Weight: 2 lbs 4ozWidth at Guard: 31.5mmWidth at Tip: 23.3mmThickness at Guard: 7.8mmThickness at Tip: 3.6mmSori: 1"Blade Steel: 5160Hrc Edge: 60Hrc Back: 40 This version of the Winter Sun Katana features a differentially hardened blade with a length of 30 1/2" by demand. Keeping all the desired features of the original through-tempered high carbon steel version, a visible hamon ripples down the blade. The tsuba again features the snow-flakes, again by popular demand. The macaque (Japanese snow monkeys) know survival requires communal support. Our Winter Sun Katana mirrors the cold reality of the darkest days of the year on the tsuba (guard) and menuki. The blackened tsuba, fuchi, tsuka-ito and fuchi-kashira contrast the real white same (rayskin) ha