Japanese Tanto Sword Bare Blade Clay Tempered High Carbon Steel Unokubitsukuri

Description: Japanese Tanto Sword Bare Blade Clay Tempered High Carbon Steel Unokubitsukuri Blade Material: 1095 high carbon steelForging Craft: hand forged and polished by 13 procedures, clay temperedHamon: real hamon, clay tempered lineTang: full tangBlade style: Unokubitsukuri鵜首造,"小烏丸"BO-HI: Double bo-hi,a long and a short oneWhole length: about 50 cm Blade length: about 30 cmNakago length: about 19 cmWeight: 346g There is no hole on nakago, but we can drill it if you need. The hole will be placed randomly ,and we will not do the maintenance with the nakago,hope you can understand,thank you. Forging CraftThis blade is 100% hand-forged and hand-sharpened according to the Japanese traditional forging methods. Our differentially hardened carbon steel blades have been heat-treated, sharpened, and well-balanced. The blade is constructed from high quality carbon steel, carefully hand beaten into shape, forged, quenched before being polished by hand to a mirror sheen. Clay HardeningBefore being quenched, a special clay mixture can be applied onto the blade to harden the edge and obtain different hardness on the blade. The clay mixture, was a special recipe and considered a crucial trade secret, guarded protectively by sword making masters.It would contain such things as feathers, powdered bones, grass, etc. and would be applied to the edge of the blade before being quenched. During quenching, a chemical reaction between the clay mixture and the hot steel occurs during the sudden temperature drop and carbon is fed into the blade in high amounts, creating an extremely tough edge. A clay hardened blade can only be quenched in water, thus increasing the defect rate even more. Another way for clay tempering is to apply clay along the blade but let edge exposed. Thus, while quenching the blade into water, the uncoverd edge will cool down suddenly, but the rest of blade will cool down slowly. Such differential temperature change results in the different hardness of the blade. So the edge is tough enough to cut, where the back of blade is soft/flexible enough to absorb the impact during cutting. Such quenching process usually will leave beautiful wavy tempered line on the blade, as known as "homon" in Japanese swords term. TemperingAfter quenching, the sword will be quite tough and brittle, with little flexibility. To overcome this, the blade would undergo a tempering process. The blade would be reheated to a certain temperature degree then allowed to cool naturally. The blade would be slightly less tough afterward but have a greater degree of flexibility the art would be to perfectly balance the blade for toughness, sharpness and flexibility. Full TangWhile it is common to find swords which have a rat tail tang (two pieces welded together), a thin tang or even no tang at all, all of our Japanese swords have a thick tang running from the blade to the full length of the handle. Please Note:PaymentDelivery DetailsContact Us.Please Note:International Buyers – Please Note:a) Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.b) Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.PaymentAll payments are expected within 7 days after the last winning auction is closed. All items from unpaid auctions will be forfeited and an Unpaid Item claim will be filed against your account on eBay.Delivery DetailsWe only ship to the confirmed address provided by Ebay. Before you pay, please make sure your address in Ebay matches the address you would like us to ship to.Buyers' Information: We strive our best to provide you the most reliable, affordable way of shipping service. However, sometimes international delivery is highly depended on the courier company and local customs/duties. If you do not receive your item on time, please contact us immediately for further assistance. Please note that we do not ship on weekends, or national holidays. If you make a payment by eCheck, it may take longer since it has to clear your bank first before the order is processed. We recommend our buyer to combine shipping.Contact UsIf there is any problem, just contact us.Please contact with us before you leave feedback. We will try our best to solve the problem for you, thank you.Customer satisfaction is always the most important for us.Sometimes,you may not get our reply immediately due to the time difference among each country. However, please be assured that we’ll strive to reply you as soon as possible once we got your messages. Wish you have a very pleasant buying experience with us..

Price: 137.5 USD

Location: Longquan, Zhejiang

End Time: 2024-07-31T12:32:09.000Z

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