Winter Sun Katana - Forged

5160 Differentially-Tempered Forged Carbon Steel Blade Authentic Construction and Details Winter Theme and Monkey Motif  Item: SD35220 Overall: 44 1/2" Blade Length: 31" Handle Length: 13" Weight: 2 lbs 15oz Width at Guard: 31.5mm Width at Tip: 23.3mm Thickness at Guard: 7.1mm Thickness at Tip: 4.9mm Sori: 3/4" Hrc Edge: 60 Hrc Back: 40 Differentially Tempered Winter Sun Samurai  You asked for it and now you have it. The Winter Sun Katana now features a differentially harded blade with a lengh of 31" by demand. Keeping all the desired features of the original through-tempered high carbon steel verison, 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 (rays