Shirasaya

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.

Ryan1384 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 and saya are made of hardwood.

The blade is made of 1095 high carbon steel and full tang, it is differentially hardened and has a visible straight hamon. The area between hamon and cutting edge is hazuya-polished. The tsuka and saya are made of hardwood, black polished buffalo horns are used at the end of tsuka and saya.

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. Besides foundation polish, the blade has top level traditional Japanese decorative polish. The habaki is made of brass, the pattern on it is hand-engraved. The handle and saya are made of hardwood, polished buffalo horns are used as fuchi and koiguchi.

The blade is made of 1095 high carbon steel and clay tempered. Besides foundation polish, the blade has top level traditional Japanese decorative polish. The habaki is made of brass, the pattern on it is hand-engraved. The handle and saya are made of hardwood, polished buffalo horns are used at fuchi and koiguchi.

The blade is made of folded steel, beautiful folding grains are highlighted after coloring process. The blade is full tang and sharp. The tsuka and saya are made of Chinese redwood, the wood color and grains are natural. Real buffalo horns are used at location of koiguchi and fuchi. The sword is well-balanced and assembled tightly.