Thaitsuki Kanshiki Wakisashi
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$1,050.00
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Blade
- Folded High Carbon Steel
- Overall Length
- 29''
- Weight
- 1 lb 8.2 oz
- Brand
- Thaitsuki Nihonto
- Culture
- Japanese
Overview
Thaitsuki Kanshiki Wakisashi
The Kanshiki Wakizashi from Thaitsuki has a Koto style blade which is forged from high carbon steel. In the creation of the blade the steel was skillfully folded by the smith to produce a blade with 1024 layers. The base of the blade is thick for durability and this section has a bo-hi groove to reduce weight - at the termination of the groove the spine of the blade narrows considerably and this form greatly aids in making this Wakizashi lightweight and highly nimble. This reduced thickness on the spine also serves to minimize drag as the sword passes through its target to maintain velocity and power in the strike.
The blade is entirely forged, polished and sharpened by hand for maximum authenticity. The blade was tempered in the traditional clay technique method to give it a hardened cutting edge of 60 HRc and a softer and resilient body of 35 HRc.
Like the blade, the individual components used in the hilt are all entirely hand crafted to fit and match each unique sword. The tsuba is skillfully forged from iron and the habaki, seppa and menuki are top grade silver. The wooden tsuka grip has blackened rayskin which was tightly bound in knotted tsuka ito cord of brown-gold silk.
The wooden saya scabbard is finished with a glossy puce color lacquer - it is difficult to see in the photos but the scabbard color is not black, it is instead a dark purplish-brown hue. Its kojiri and koiguchi are well carved and polished buffalo horn and great care was taken to carve the koiguchi to seamlessly sleeve the wooden scabbard opening. A sageo of matching gold-brown silk completes this sword. Included is a fine quality cloth sword bag and anindividually signed manufacturers production certificate.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Thaitsuki Nihonto
- Culture
- Japanese
- Pommel
- N/A
- Overall Length
- 29''
- Blade Length
- 20 3/4''
- Blade
- Folded High Carbon Steel
- Weight
- 1 lb 8.2 oz
- Edge
- Very Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 3 1/8''
- Thickness
- 5.8 mm - 4.3 mm
- Width
- 30.4 mm
- Grip Length
- 7 1/4''
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- Thailand
- Type
- Wakizashi
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The Maker
Thaitsuki Nihonto
It all began over 400 years ago with a commanding officer stationed in Thailand, who passed on sword making traditions to the Sivarat family. Today Thaitsuki Swords, owned by the Sivarat family, is recognized across the world for their superior heirloom quality. Each sword is individually produced by highly trained smiths, marked with a serial numbered and packaged with a signed certificate of authenticity.
Thaitsuki Nihonto specializes in melding blades of excellent quality with distinguished and elevated koshirae hilt fittings and a premium saya scabbard. Where other brands will cut corners on the finer points of fit and finish of koshirae and blade polish, Thaitsuki Nihonto follows through to create an exquisitely well crafted sword which has had the attention of a skilled craftsman hand-finishing each step to ensure an excellent fit and finish throughout. From Thaitsuki you can expect to see blades of skillfully forged steel, a superb blade polish, components of higher quality metals, a well-knotted grip wrap, finely lacquered scabbard, high quality samegawa rayskin, and close attention paid to details such as a tight and flush fit between the scabbard opening and its encased koiguchi.
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