Spring Sakura Katana - Through Tempered Blade
- 5160 Through-Tempered High-Carbon Forged Steel Blade
- Traditional Construction with Exceptional Attention to Detail
- Cherry Blossom Motif
- Item # SD35190
Overall: 39 1/2"
Blade Length: 27"
Handle Length: 11 1/4"
Weight: 2 lbs 7 oz
Width at Guard: 31mm
Width at Tip: 23mm
Thickness at Guard: 6.5mm
Thickness at Tip: 4.5mm
Sori: 3/4"
Blade Steel: 5160
The sakura, or cherry blossom, explodes brilliantly and gorgeously in the Spring but soon falls. History teaches us there was no greater glory for a samurai warrior than to fall in battle in a field of scattered cherry blossoms. Our Spring Sakura Katana represents this beautiful Japanese metaphor of the transience of life. The blackened fuchi, kashira and ornate stainless cherry blossom tsuba accent the forged and through-hardened 27" blade. The 5160 forged high-carbon steel blade features a 1 ½" kissaki (point) and marquenched to an edge hardness of 57HRc with blade geometry conducive to rigorous cutting without chipping or deformation on soft and semi-hard targets.
Contrasted by the crimson tsuka-ito (handle wrap), the white same (ray skin) on the wood core handle, the notched seppa (spacers), silver habaki (blade collar) and the cherry blossom menuki (handle ornaments), represent the only vivid aspects of this sobering piece. The black lacquered saya (scabbard) features a buffalo horn rimmed koiguchi (scabbard mouth) and a wooden kurikata (knob) with a black sageo (cord).