A genuine, fully functional Reverse Blade Katana! This Japanese style reverse blade katana features a traditional hand braided cord wrap, with inset four dragon menuki, shimmering silver fabric diamonds a steel tsuba and pommel. The sharp function high carbon steel reverse blade is mounted with a traditional copper habaki. The scabbard on this reverse blade katana is hand made from wood, and covered in leather.
For those unfamiliar with the reverse blade katana, the sharp side is opposite where you would normally expect it, while the normal cutting side, is the wide unsharpened portion of the blade. The idea behind this is when striking your opponent as you would with a normal sword, when using the reverse blade sword the opponent would be stunned, not cut. As this Reverse Blade Katana is a real sword, great care should be taken as hitting someone could cause serious injury, even death!
This high carbon steel reverse blade is hand pounded and forged over hot coals, using many of the original techniques passed down through the generations of ancient sword smiths. The tsuba and end cap are individually hand cast in steel with a traditional solid copper habaki hand fitted to each 27" blade. The workmanship put into each sword attests to each sword being an authentically fully functional original work of art! The overall length of this sword is 40".
