Katana swords online store with swordsfor.sale

Best rated hand-forged swords supplier? First of all, you can focus on customizing your blade… And it all starts with whether you want your blade sharpened or not. Afterward, you have to choose the blade’s metal, which comes in 6 main types. Then, you can choose whether you want a beautiful, Clay-Tempered Natural Hamon on your blade, available in 8 distinct styles. Afterward, you can add a Blood Groove (Bo-Hi) on the blade, add a colored microplating with one of our 5 available colors, and also engrave your katana’s blade. After the blade, you can focus on the Habaki & Seppa, then the Tsuba & Fittings. These two pieces make the hard finishing of your blade, and there are hundreds of options to choose from, especially for the Tsuba, Koshira, Menuki and Fuchi. Use the filters above the options to filter through our more than 100 types of tsuba and fittings for your custom katana. Discover additional info at Swords for Sale.

Once the Smelter finishes his job, the Swordsmith takes over. His responsibility is to transform the block of steel into an exquisite blade. First of all, he takes the block of steel, reheats it in his own furnace, and forges (elongating and hammering) it as per the needs of the sword he’s building. If the smith builds a Folded blade, he elongates, beats the steel and re-folds it – making it into a steel block again. He can do this several times. This is what creates the beautiful “Damascus Steel” effect on the blade and makes for a stronger steel. For simpler, high-carbon blades – he simply elongates the steel and hammers it directly. This is also where the Blood Groove (Bo-Hi) is built – and the Smith needs to be very exact in order to create a perfect blade.

The carbon steel sword is also visually appealing. With its clean chrome finish, it’s the perfect addition to anyone’s sword collection. But that’s really just a side benefit of choosing a carbon steel sword. The real benefit is its strength and performance. Did you ever hear the term Damascus steel? It’s a very common term employed by swords enthusiasts all over the world. Usually, people even name the swords we create at Swords for Sale “Damascus” swords. So, what is Damascus steel? While originally from the region of Damascus, it isn’t exactly tied with its origins but with a process the forger uses when creating a sword’s blade. This process is called folding. Folding is done to create the beautiful “Damascus” steel pattern on the blade.

How does the sword feel? When handled and while using it, the sword should feel solid and always within control. The handle or the blade collar (habaki) shouldn’t move, and the wrap (ito) should feel tightened to perfection in our hands. All its parts have to be tightened together and fitting properly. This “feel” – along with the steel type and the blade’s tang – is what makes a katana usable – the main features of a sword which isn’t made to be a wall-hanger. When you’re buying a sword online, there are different things you need to consider depending on your needs – but most importantly – you need to look at the names and titles sellers use on their products.

While some steel types may sound great to use on swords, the truth about great blades is that they have to be made with certain very precise materials. This is simply because of a sword’s blade purpose: to cut through hard materials, come back to its shape, and be easy to care for and maintain. Now, certain steel types have properties which are favorable to use in a sword’s blade. Here is a list of steel types used to create swords: Stainless Steel. While Stainless steel sounds like a good idea because it requires little to no maintenance, it is not, in fact, ever used to create functional swords. It is only used for wall-hangers and unsharpened swords that are in many cases not even fit as bokken – for martial arts practice.

In ancient Japan, katanas were very rare and valuable. They were made with special techniques and metals – more specifically one – Tamahagane steel (also called Jewel Steel). This is a special type of steel issued from iron sand smelted in the traditional Japanese low furnace. Tamahagane steel swordsmithing is not completely extinct nowadays, but nearly. This is simply because the traditional methods of smelting, forging, and refining a blade is extremely expensive. Moreover, the special ore (Tamagahane) required for the traditional process is very rare – and thus expensive. Moreover, swords are actually illegal in Japan, so it’s very hard to get any of these so-prized pieces of art out of the country. See additional info on https://swordsfor.sale/.