Thaitsuki Furui Shishi Katana Japanese Sword | S01

Description

100% Handmade Premium Katana – Includes Silk Sword Bag, Maintenance Kit, Stand and Signed Certificate.

All swords produced by the family run Thaitsuki Forge are 100% handmade with the highest standards and attention to detail. Thaitsuki craftsmen and artisans have served for years in apprenticeship under the master sword smith, Mr. Sivarat.
Each sword is created following the same traditional methods. From the perfectly wrapped double pegged ito, to the handcrafted Kashira, Menuki, Tsuba and Fuchi, each piece is made with the highest quality materials by skilled craftsmen that specialize and take pride in their art.

The Habaki, Menuki, Fuchi and Kashira are handmade from 98%pure, quality silver. The Tsuka is skillfully wrapped with leather for superior grip and durability for many years of practice.
Each Saya is built in two layers, with a hardwood outer layer and softwood inner layer that contacts the blade. The saya is hand crafted to custom fit each individual sword, then finished with multiple coats of hand rubbed lacquer. The Koiguchi is genuine black horn.
Each full tang blade is perfectly balanced and hand forged from only the best high grade, high carbon Japanese Steel.
Every Thaitsuki sword comes with it’s own serial number and certificate from Thaitsuki Nihonto so you can trace it back to when and by whom it was made.
Each sword is handmade and the fittings are handcrafted so no two swords will be ever be exactly alike.
Each is it’s own, one of a kind, work of art.

The Furui Shishi katana is continuing the Thaitsuki tradition of premium hand forged swords. For those that prefer the comfort and feel of a wrapped leather handle the S01 is a superior choice among high end katanas. It is forged, polished and sharpened entirely by hand and is simply one of the finest Japanese katana blades you will ever see! Pure handmade silver fittings with a Shishi motif as well as dark leather over black rayskin wrapped tsuka round out this stunning katana.

This is a high end katana that will appeal to the discriminating collector or serious practitioner.

This katana includes silk sword bag, maintenance kit, stand and signed certificate.

Full tang blade, double pegged tsuka
Hand forged high carbon steel blade
Hand polished with excellent hada
Hand sharpened
Blackened brass tsuba
Silver seppa and habaki
Two layer wood saya with hand rubbed laquer finish
leather and black rayskin wrapped tsuka
Includes cleaning kit, sword stand, certificate and silk sword bag
Clay tempered and water quenched blade (HRC 60-35)

Features

Full tang blade, double pegged tsuka
Hand forged high carbon steel blade
Hand polished with excellent hada
Hand sharpened
Blackened brass tsuba
Silver seppa and habaki
Two layer wood saya with hand rubbed laquer finish
leather and black rayskin wrapped tsuka
Includes cleaning kit, sword stand, certificate and silk sword bag
Clay tempered and water quenched blade (HRC 60-35)

BLADE – Koto style ,High Carbon steel forged and folded 1024 layers, clay coated, heat treated, hand polished. With bohi. Hardness 60 HRC (Edge) 35HRC (Body)

KOSHIRAE – Elegant Koto style brown matt saya, Silver 92.5% Koiguchi Kurikata and Kojiri, Dark brown genuine cow leather tsuka- ito, Brass Fuchi / Kashira (SHISHI Motive), silver SHISHI Menuki, Copper Classic Tsuba, silver seppa and Habaki.

Japanese high cabon steel clay tempered then quenched in the water. Polishing live blade,razor edge and notarae hamon and HADA1024 layers of soft steel.This blade is fully option, neat and straight MUNE.

Specifications

Overall: 41.5″ (104.1 cm)
Blade: 29 1/2″ (74.93 cm)
Tsuka: 11″ (27.94 cm)
Tang 10″
Weight: 2.6 pounds (27.94 cm)

This is a sharpened battle ready sword. You must be at least 18 to order this katana