John Lee Aikuchi Tanto

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Ex Tax: 179.00€

Brands John Lee

Product Code: kodas

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John Lee Aikuchi Tanto

Hand-forged Samurai Sword from the John Lee series

Masterpieces of asian swordcraft
- Handforged from carbon steel and traditionally hardened
- The blades were folded 12 times (8000 layers) and display lovely damascus properties
- The hilt (tsuka) is made of wood and covered in real fish skin (same)
- The hilt is wrapped (tsuka-ito) in traditional black cotton
- There are decorative grip swells (menuki)
- The hilt (tsuka) is anchored to the blade with bamboo pins (mekugi)
- The scabbard is made of wood
- The blade has a brass collar (habaki) so it won't rattle in the scabbard

JOHN LEE Aikuchi Tanto
The Aikuchi tanto traditionally has no hand guard (tsuba). It's remarkable feature is the blade shape (shinogi-zukuri) also used frequently in japanese pole weapons (naginata).

Each sword includes an authenticity seal and comes in a premium padded wooden box.

Details:
- Total length: approx. 50 cm
- Blade length: approx. 32 cm
- Hilt length: approx. 17.5 cm
- Blade curve (sori): approx. 9 mm
- Weight without scabbard: approx. 0.5 kg
- Weight with scabbard: approx. 0.75 kg