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The largest functional blade produced by Musashi!
Massive and sharp, this odachi sword comes battle ready and is even balanced for one handed use. Very sturdy, the HRC 57 blade extends to the end of the handle. This model can be taken apart for care or adjustment of furniture. The copper tsuba comes with a custom oxidized finish, no two are exactly alike. The 47 in. edge sounds amazing as it slices through the air! Scroll for more photos and details.
Product Specification:
- Extremely sharp hand honed high carbon steel blade.
- Full tang, fully functional, and "battle ready."
- Absolutely stunning workmanship and attention to detail.
- Traditional hand forge Muku-kitae method.
- 1045 High Carbon Steel with water temper process.
- 57 HRC blade hardness.
- Real ray skin wrapped grip with black cotton cord wrap.
- Real Gold and Silver carefully painted onto the fittings.
- Copper tsuba, fuchi, and kashira.
- Aged antiqued finish oxidized finish.
- Completely handmade samurai sword.
- Hardwood scabbard with high quality piano paint finish.
- Comes serialized with Certificate of Authenticity.
- Includes hardwood case with velvet lining and black satin sword bag.
- Includes sword cleaning kit.
- 47 in. edge, 16 1/4 in. handle., 64 1/2 in. overall.
- 3.85 lbs. without saya, 12 lbs packaged.
- Measurements will vary slightly between models.
About Musashi:
Miyamoto Musashi was a famous Japanese swordsman and is believed to have been one of the most skilled swordsmen in history. Musashi, as he is often simply known, became legendary through his outstanding swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He is the founder of the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, or Niten Ryu style of swordsmanship and wrote Go Rin No Sho, The Book of Five Rings, a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy that is still studied today.
Musashi writes about his first duel:
"I have trained in the way of strategy since my youth, and at the age of thirteen I fought a duel for the first time. My opponent was called Arima Kihei, a sword adept of the Shinto ryu, and I defeated him. At the age of sixteen I defeated a powerful adept by the name of Akiyama, who came from the prefecture of Tajima. At the age of twenty-one I went up to Kyoto and fought duels with several adepts of the sword from famous schools, but I never lost." -Musashi Miyamoto, Go Rin No Sho
It is notable that Musashi died of what is believed to be thoracic cancer, and was not killed in combat. He died peacefully after finishing the Dokkodo ("The Way of Walking Alone", or "The Way of Self-Reliance"), 21 precepts on self-discipline to guide future generations.
After his death various legends began to appear. Most talk about his feats in kenjutsu and other martial arts, some describing how he was able to hurl men over 5 feet backwards, other about his speed and technique. Other legends tell of how Musashi killed giant lizards in Echizen, as well as Nues in various other prefectures. He gained the stature of Kensei, a "sword saint" for his mastery in swordsmanship. Some believed he could run at super-human speed, walk on air, water and even fly through the clouds.
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