Folded Steel Swords For Sale
All our samurai swords are designed in japan produced in china sword city with more than 2 600 years of sword making history we have 13 sword masters to handmade all.
Folded steel swords for sale. This is not a simple and cheap copy hand forged. Musashi swords capture this timeless art form in each katana produced. Visit us online to browse all of our japanese swords today. The art of japanese sword making is a skill mastered by very few swordsmiths and passed down by each generation for over a millennia.
Shirasaya wakizashi t10 clay tempered steel 349 329. Handmade japanese samurai functional sword katana folded damascus steel blade brass tsuba. At swords of the east we offer you the highest quality folded steel japanese swords. Folded steel blades commonly referred to as damascus steel or pattern welded steel are made by hammering the steel flat and folding it over itself repeatedly to create several thousand layers of steel.
T10 clay tempered steel katana blade 649 599. So for those who wish to have these characteristics on their samurai sword they should opt for a folded blade. Most of our damascus steel swords are folded 13 times creating 8 192 layers. Folded steel and damascus steel.
The difference between nihonto and damascus steel varies a lot and due to the fact that the secrets of making damascus steel are lost some people compare between the two. In 2016 truekatana established a company in california and sold our authentic samurai swords chinese swords anime game replica swords in the main e commerce marketplaces. The distinctive curved blade and long grip was designed as a two handed sword and became the symbol of the samurai class. The samurai sword dates back to the japanese edo period and as far back as the kamakura period.
The process of folding the blade that is utilized for the nihonto is a part of the process of refining steel. The blade of the sword has been hand forged using the ancient method of sword making. Using ancient forging techniques our swordsmiths combine the perfect amount of form and function into a wide range of samurai swords. Aisi 1050 1060 carbon steel was forged several times and then be shaped a rolled steel called folded steel.
Shirasaya wakizashi sword 1095 folded carbon steel 339 299. The folded steel is. Duo katana and wakizashi sword set t10 folded clay tempered steel with hadori polish 1 789 1 589. It was traditionally made with tamahagane steel that swordsmiths would fold and temper into a curved sword.
In truth nihonto was making of a samurai sword in japan involved folding the steel several times to get rid of impurities since the iron in japan was of very poor quality it needed. Regular price 229 99 229 99. The truth about folded steel. 41 hand forged japanese samurai dragon sword katana folded steel full tang blade.
Hand forged blade with full tang can cut bamboo with strike. Limited edition chinese jian sword t10 folded steel with special feather pattern 1 299 1 199. All the swords on sale through us are handmade by our experienced swordsmith.