Full Tang Unokubitsukuri Carbon Steel Japanese Samurai Tanto Small Sword Short Katana

Blade material: 1095 carbon steel Blade Length (with Habaki): 31.5 cm Blade Length (without Habaki): 30 cm Handle Length: 15.2 cm Overall Length: 52 cm Blade Widdth: 3.2 cm/1.26 inch Blade Thickness: 0.7cm/0.28 inch Bo-hi: Short single Hi on each side Blade Construction: Unokubitsukuri Tang: Full tang Tsuba/Plate: Alloy Rayskin: genuine Rayskin Habaki & Seppa: Brass Fuchi & Kashira & menuki: Alloy Sageo & Ito: Synthetic silk Saya: hardwood scabbard Craft: Handmade traditional polished unokubitsukuri: the unokubitsukuri form from the edge area to play is pick made, front is a double edged. Is slightly curved, straight sword to machetes transition of a sword Japanese tantō The tantō is commonly referred to as a knife or dagger. The blade is single or double edged with a length between 15 and 30 cm (6-12 inches, in Japanese 1 shaku). The tantō was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. Tantō are generally forged in hira-zukuri style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the shinogi-zukuri structure of a katana. Some tantō have particularly thick cross-sections for armor-piercing duty, and are called yoroi toshi. Tantō were mostly carried by samurai, as commoners did not generally wear them. Women sometimes carried a small tantō called a kaiken in their obi primarily for self-defense. Tantō were sometimes worn as the shōtō in place of a wakizashi in a daishō, especially on the battlefield. Before the advent of the wakizashi/tantō combination, it was common for a samurai to carry a tachi and a tantō as opposed to a katana and a wakizashi.It has been noted that the tachi would be paired with a tantō and later the uchigatana would be paired with another shorter uchigatana.

• 1095 Carbon Steel, Blade HRC: 58, Full Tang, Blade Shape: Unokubitsukuri, Short Bo-hi
• Fully Hand Forged, Water Quenching
• Overall: 50 CM / 20 Inch, Blade: 30 CM / 12 Inch, Tsuka: 15 CM / 6 Inch, Blade Width: 3.2 CM / 1.26 Inch, Blade Thickness: 0.7 CM / 0.28 Inch
• Alloy Tsuba, Genuine Rayskin Samegawa, Synthetic Silk Ito & Sageo