Item number: bladeC1209 Condition: New, unused no damages Material: 1095 high carbon steel Craft: Clay tempered Blade Processing:Hand forged and polished with 13 procedures Hamon: Real clay tempered hamon Bo-Hi: With double Bo-hi Tang: Full Tang Whole Length: 49.3 cm/19.41 inch Blade Length: 30.7 cm/12.1 inch Nakago Length: 18.6 cm/7.32 inch Blade Width: 3.2 cm/1.26 inch Blade Thickness: 0.7 cm/0.28 inch Weight: 346 g Packing list: A naked blade with normal brass Habaki Note: 1. Manual measurement error range 1-2 cm. 2. There is no hole on the Nakago/tang of the blade. You should drill that yourself. If you want us to drill for you, the place will be chosen randomly. Hope you can understand. 3. Usually we don't maintain the Nakago part. Even some users won't remove the rust on the Nakago because it can make the blade more firm. So the rust on Nakago is not quality problem. If cannot accept this, please consider before your purchase.
J**J
So far so good!
My first impressions are really good. The blade came covered in oil and inside of a plastic sleeve, then wrapped in Chinese newspaper (awesome!). Blade geometry is excellent, polish is good, sharpness is better than most knives when they come out of the box. The tang is rough, mine had no rust. The hamon is authentic. The habaki fits very tight, and is solid brass with good, sharp angles. It could be polished up or engraved a bit, which is great because I'm glad to have the option to do that myself. This will be a big, heavy tanto. I have not tried to cut anything with it but if it's clay tempered 1095 it should do just fine. Once I'm done making the knife I'll give it a final polish. I wouldn't recommend this for beginner knife makers, you'll probably want to have a bit of experience before a project like this.
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