Hand Forged 1060 High Carbon Steel Musha Kobuse Sword With Bamboo Scabbard

Blown away, to describe this sword in detail, would take pages of writing, and even then justice could not be done to this beautiful piece of art.<br /><br />(NOTE: YOU COULD EXPECT TO PAY UPWARDS OF 700 DOLLARS FOR A PIECE LIKE THIS)<br /><br />Pros: <br />The tsuka is very sturdy, with a very tight same ray skin wrapping that wont move even when force is applied. The ito is flawless, perfect diamond shape<br /><br />The menuki is a piece of art in itself, depicting a sakura flower.<br /><br />The tsuba, although in my opinion, slightly on the plain side adds another layer of beauty, and is the perfect size (at least for my hands). this is not some machined replica, this was hand made for this blade and fits in very well, and is very secure.<br /><br />The sageo (cord wrap) is made of high quality black rope that looks like an over sized shoe lace, and is secured tightly to the saya.<br /><br />The saya is a deep burgundy red color, and has a high gloss finish that is very reflective. very attractive.<br /><br />You can clearly see the hada in the steel, from the folding process, and it is quite easy to tell that he blade screams of quality<br /><br />The sword is very blade heavy, but that just adds to the cutting potential of the extremely sharp blade.<br /><br />The kissaki is very well defined.<br /><br /><br />Cons:<br /><br />There are only two cons i could think of<br /><br />1. On the seppa, on one side in small letters is the word china. for a sword of this quality, a china stamp is very unnecessary<br /><br />2. On the fuchi, tsuba and kashira, in the picture provided, they look bronzed, but mine are more black in color...not really a big deal to me, but still, it should be mentioned <br /><br />Also, im not sure whether this is a pro or a con, but there is no hi (blood groove) on the blade.<br />************************************<br /><br />The box containing the sword and cleaning kit seems o be made of pine, and looks great for a display box.<br /><br />The cleaning kit is just average only coming with small amounts of oil and rice paper, but it gets the job done<br /><br />The satin sword bag is blue and gold, and is very nice. the rope even has tastes on each end<br /> ************************************<br /><br />Delivery was extremely fast at only two days (and im in California), and True Swords kept up to there promises, by only delivering the best of the best at-the best prices around. I am very satisfied, and i will be back for more.<br /><br />Thank you True Swords for yet another amazing product!