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The Classic Series Katana represent the traditional blade and furniture styles of Japanese swords. These regularly upgraded pieces have been the mainstay of this Samurai sword line for a number of years and have redefined what is possible in an affordable, historically accurate and functional series of swords. Recent additions to the series are the Tea Culture, Three Monkey Daishos and Ronin Katana.
In both the “Forged Steel” and the Forged-Folded Steel” lines, the grip construction features genuine ray skin covered wood, wrapped very tightly in a traditional pattern to display the ray skin and Menuki. The Tsuba are meticulously crafted in traditional themes, which are repeated in the Fuchi/Kashira and Menuki. The deeply lacquered wood scabbards have authentic polished horn fittings. Protective bags and maintenance kits are supplied with each piece.
Blades in the “Forged Steel” line (Wind & Thunder, Golden Oriole, Shinto, Tea Culture, Miyamoto, Three Monkey, and Great Wave) are hand-forged from high-carbon steels. In the “Forged-Folded Steel” line (Kami, Tiger, Orchid, Bushido and Ronin), the blades are hand-forged and folded from K120C powder steel. The steel manufacturing process provides an excellent dispersion of carbides, resulting in very tough steel with outstanding edge-holding properties.
The traditional clay-tempering process is used for both lines to produce an edge hardness of HRC 60 and a back hardness of HRC 40. The hard edge provides an excellent cutting capability and edge retention, while the more resilient body of the blade allows it to absorb the shock of the cutting stroke. After forging and heat-treating, each blade is hand-polished to reveal both the Hamon (temper line) and, in the case of the “Forged-Folded Steel” line, the Hada (linear folding pattern). The Katana in both lines have long tangs and are fitted with two Mekugi (bamboo pegs) for greater security.
Each piece in the Kami set has a hand-forged and folded K120C powder steel blade with a long (o) kissaki featuring a hand-engraved “Fudo” Horomono and Bo-Hi. The folding process creates exceptional hada, or grain pattern, along the blade accentuated by the distinctive hamon. Saya are deeply lacquered in red, with a black ring-carved section at the mouth. The ray skin used on the tsuka is of the highest quality, and the tsuka-ito on the Katana and Wakizashi and the sageo on all three pieces are woven from best quality Japanese silk. The Fuchi, Kashira, Kojiri, Koiguchi and Kurigata are all made from blackened bronze, with decoration in relief and selective detailing of copper, silver and gold. The Tsuba of the Katana and Wakizashi, depicting the Kami, or Guardian Warriors, are made from hardened, blackened copper, with decoration in relief and selective silver and gold detailing. The Habaki is of two-piece construction, the inner section being copper and the outer section gold-plated brass.

KAMI RANGE	TIGER RANGE	ORCHID RANGE	BUSHIDO RANGE

RONIN RANGE	WIND & THUNDER RANGE	GOLDEN ORIOLE RANGE	SHINTO ELITE RANGE

TEA CULTURE RANGE	MUSASHI RANGE	GREAT WAVE RANGE	THREE MONKEY RANGE

PRACTICAL RANGE	IAITO