Katana

Ryan1322 is a katana with a shinogi zukurigeometry. Its blade is made of folded 1095 high carbon steel. The blade has no groove and the folding of the blade during forging produces a very distinct and beautiful raindrop pattern. This is different from the appearance of the usual folded steel which has a wavy hada. The hada on this blade looks like irregularly-shaped ripples.

The tsuka is made of hardwood wrapped with red, rayskin panels and black synthetic silk ito. The red saya is hardwood with grooves and has a buffalo horn koiguchi and black-brown sageo.

The blade is honsanmai lamination, 1095 high carbon steel is the cutting edge,folded steel is the jacket steel. It is differentially hardened and has a visible hamon. The area between hamon and cutting edge is hazuya polished, so it looks differently. The dragon and flowers are engraved by hands. The tsuka is made of hardwood, it's wrapped with one-piece genuine rayskin and synthetic silk ito. The saya is made of hardwood and partially wrapped with unpolished genuine rayskin. The koiguchi, kojiri and kurigata are polished buffalo horns. The tsuba, fuchi and kashira are made of brass.

The blade is made of T10 tool steel, it is differentially hardened and has a visible hamon. The area between hamon and shinoji is hazuya polished, so it looks differently. The tsuka is made of hardwood, it's wrapped with genuine rayskin and real leather ito. The saya is made of hardwood, the koiguchi, kojiri and kurigata are polished buffalo horns. The tsuba is made of iron. The motif of this sword is fire, so the saya is red and there's a fire engraving on the blade.

Ryan1168 is one of our midlevel swords. The blade is of a shinogi-zukuri geometry and in a gyaku kobuse style of lamination. The edge is made of 1095 high carbon steel while the core is made of a softer steel. The blade is differentially-hardened with a natural hamon and can take on hard targets. The tsuka is made of hardwood, wrapped with genuine rayskin and synthetic silk ito. The tsuba, fuchi and kashira are all made of copper inlayed with silver and feature an intricate flower theme. The menuki is a silver praying mantis while the habaki and seppa are also made of brass. The saya is made of hardwood with black buffalo horn koiguchi, kurikata and kojiri. It has a smooth, black lacquer finish and has grooves along its length. The sageo is black synthetic silk.

The blade is honsanmai structure, 1095 high carbon steel is the core steel and cutting edge, folded steel is the jacket layer. The grains of folded steel is clearly visible. The blade is clay tempered and hazuya polished. The tsuka is made of hardwood, wrapped with one-piece genuine rayskin and synthetic silk ito. The saya is made of hardwood, the decorations on the saya are shell. Koiguchi, kurigata and kojiri are made of buffalo horns. Tsuba, fuchi and kashira are made of copper and plated with silver.

Tamahagane, which in Japanese literally means "jewel steel" or "precious steel", is a type of steel made in the Japanese traditional way. Tamahagane is made by smelting iron sand in a clay furnace called "tatara" and mixing it with charcoal to produce steel with various carbon content. This very laborious process takes as much as 3 days. After the smelting process, the tatara is broken and the steel bloom or "kera" is broken and swordsmiths segregate and collect the steels with various carbon contents.

Making a blade from tamahagane requires high level of expertise from the swordsmith. Swordsmiths will laminate the different types of steel collected from the kera to create a sword which has a hard edge, soft core and springy sides.

Ryan1277 is a katana with a blade made of Chinese tamahagane. The blade of this sword is hazuya-jizuya polished to bring out the beauty of the blade. It takes a polisher several weeks to do the entire polishing process. The tsuka is made of hardwood and fully wrapped with one-piece genuine rayskin and real leather ito. The tsuba, fuchi, menuki and kashira are made of copper and with silver plating. The saya is made of hardwood with dragon engraving. Black buffalo horns are used as koiguchi, kurikata and kojiri.  The sword is fully customizable.

The blade is made of 1095 high carbon steel and clay tempered. The tip is O kissaki, the hamon is suguha (straight), the blade is hazuya polished along the hamon line. The tsuka is made of hardwood, wrapped with one-piece genuine rayskin and synthetic leather ito. The saya is made of rosewood, the color and veins are natural.Kurigata, koiguchi and kojiri are made of buffalo horns. Tsuba, fuchi and kashira are made iron.